A patient care surveillance system comprises a data store operable to receive and store clinical and non-clinical data associated with at least one patient, a user interface configured to receive user input of current information related to at least one patient, a monitor configured to sense at least one parameter associated with at least one patient, and further configured to generate real-time patient monitor data, a data analysis module configured to access the data store and analyze the clinical and non-clinical data, receive and analyze the current information and real-time patient monitor data, and identify at least one adverse event associated with the care of at least one patient, and a data presentation module operable to present information associated with at least one adverse event to a healthcare professional, the information including contextual information associated with the adverse event.