Diabetes Management Device Configuration via Provider Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current diabetes management systems lack secure and standardized methods for healthcare providers to configure diabetes management devices, leading to potential misconfiguration and unauthorized changes, which can compromise patient safety and data integrity.
Innovation Solution
A method for configuring diabetes management devices involves validating the credentials of healthcare providers through a third-party validation system and ensuring that only authorized providers can issue therapy setting instructions, which are then accepted or declined by the patient before being executed by the device, with notifications to both the provider and the patient.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If healthcare providers can directly configure diabetes management devices without validation, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability and security deteriorate due to potential misconfiguration and unauthorized changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a validation system as an intermediary between the healthcare provider and the diabetes management device. When a provider attempts to configure device parameters, the validation system intercepts the configuration request, verifies the provider's credentials and authorization status, and only permits the configuration if validation succeeds. This mediator approach maintains ease of operation for authorized providers while ensuring reliability and security through credential verification.
2Reliability
If a validation system is implemented to verify healthcare provider credentials, then reliability and security are improved, but device complexity increases due to additional validation steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by requiring healthcare providers to register their credentials and obtain authorization in advance through the validation system. During device configuration, the system performs automated credential verification against pre-stored provider information. This preliminary setup reduces the complexity of real-time validation by preparing verification data beforehand, making the actual configuration process more streamlined despite the added security layer.
3Reliability
If patient authorization is required before executing therapy settings, then reliability is improved, but productivity decreases due to additional approval steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system notifies the patient of pending therapy setting changes and awaits their authorization response. The configuration execution is paused until the patient provides explicit approval or rejection. This feedback loop ensures reliable patient consent while maintaining a clear audit trail of authorization decisions, balancing safety requirements with efficient workflow through structured communication.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a device configuration method for configuring a diabetes management device by a diabetes management system, the diabetes management system residing on a server computer, the method comprising: receiving, by the diabetes management system, a therapy setting instruction from a computing device, validating, by the diabetes management system, the credentials of the healthcare provider by way of a validation service based on the identification information, determining, by the diabetes management system, whether the therapy setting instruction is valid based on an association between the diabetes management system, the patient, and the healthcare provider; transmitting, by the diabetes management system, one or more parameters for configuring the feature defined by the therapy setting to the subject diabetes management device; and canceling, by the diabetes management system, the therapy setting instruction in response to the therapy setting instruction being invalid. Further, a method for issuing a prescription for configuring a diabetes management device by way of a prescription system and a diabetes management system, and a diabetes management system for processing a therapy setting instruction issued by a computing device operated by a healthcare provider is provided.