A system for verification of an alert generated by an assessment process operating upon patient feedback and physiological data. The system may utilize a categorization for alerts, in order to obtain a rule set corresponding thereto. A question hierarchy may correspond to each rule within the rule set. Each question hierarchy may be posed to the patient to verify the alarm. The verification process may be carried out by a patient monitoring apparatus. The system may also automatically adjust parameter thresholds, and may automatically assess the effectiveness of individual questions in predicting the onset of health care related events.