Abstract: A method for managing or remotely monitoring chronic medical conditions (e.g., chronic respiratory conditions) of a plurality of patients includes, at one or more processors, receiving a plurality of bodily metrics associated with each of the plurality of patients over one or more remote communication links (e.g., an automated phone system), characterizing the severity of the medical condition for each patient based on the plurality of bodily metrics associated with the patient, and transmitting a programmed alert to a medical care provider for at last one patient having a medical condition characterized as having a threshold level of severity.