System and method for database integrity checking

• US 20090150454A1
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Logikos, Inc., Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Bernard, Keith B., Yarian, Lawrence G. II, Gejdos, Igor, Baker, Christopher Richard, Young, Morris J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,078,592 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A method is disclosed for checking the integrity of a database through a test of database integrity information provided in the database and integrity information provided external to the database. The integrity information may be provided in a configuration file.

Claims

1. A method of checking the integrity of a database containing both physiological information and database integrity information, the database being accessible by a healthcare management software system, the method including the steps of:

storing integrity information on a computer readable media accessible by the healthcare management software system, the integrity information being stored separate from the database; and

determining an integrity of the database based on a test of the integrity information and the database integrity information contained in the database.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrity information includes data used by the healthcare management software system in determining information to present with an output device accessible by the healthcare management software system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the integrity information includes at least one conversion quantity for the physiological information contained in the database, the database integrity information also including the at least one conversion quantity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrity information includes data not used by the healthcare management software system in determining information to present with an output device accessible by the healthcare management software system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrity information is included in a configuration file.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the configuration file is encrypted.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an integrity of the database based on a test of the integrity information and the database integrity information contained in the database is performed as a part of an installation of the healthcare management software system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an integrity of the database based on a test of the integrity information and the database integrity information contained in the database is performed as a part of launching the healthcare management software system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an integrity of the database based on a test of the integrity information and the database integrity information contained in the database is performed in response to a request to load the database by the healthcare management software system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an integrity of the database based on a test of the integrity information and the database integrity information contained in the database is performed in response to a request to restore the database by the healthcare management software system.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an integrity of the database based on a test of the integrity information and the database integrity information contained in the database is performed in response to a request to migrate the database from another format by the healthcare management software system.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an integrity of the database based on a test of the integrity information and the database integrity information contained in the database is performed in response to a request to determine the integrity of the database provided to the healthcare management software system through an input device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an integrity of the database based on a test of the integrity information and the database integrity information contained in the database includes the step of comparing the integrity information to the database integrity information to see if they are identical.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

providing an indication with an output device accessible by the healthcare management software system that the database passed the test in the step of determining the integrity of the database.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the indication includes a visual indication provided with the output device by healthcare management software system.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the indication includes permitting selection of a plurality of inputs of the healthcare management software system displayed on a display.

17. A method of checking the integrity of a database containing both physiological information and database integrity information, the database being accessible by a healthcare management software system, the method including the steps of:

providing a computer readable medium including installation software which installs a version of a healthcare management software system, the installation software being able to perform at least a first installation of a first version of the healthcare management software system including a first database having a first database integrity information and a first file containing a first integrity information and a second installation of a second version of the healthcare management software system including a second database having a second database integrity information and a second file containing a second integrity information;

receiving a request to perform the first installation;

installing the first version of the healthcare management software system; and

determining an integrity of the first database through a test of the first database integrity information with the first integrity information.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the test includes comparing a first value of the first integrity information to a first value of the first database integrity information.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first value of the first integrity information is a conversion quantity for a physiological information contained in the first database.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the first value of the integrity information includes data used by healthcare management software system in determining information to present with an output device accessible by the healthcare management software system.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the first value of the integrity information includes data not used by healthcare management software system in determining information to present with an output device accessible by the healthcare management software system.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the first integrity information is included in a configuration file.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein the configuration file is an encrypted configuration file.

24. A system for managing healthcare related information, including

at least a first computing device;

and

a memory accessible by the first computing device, the memory including healthcare management software system including instructions to display on a display a user interface of the healthcare management software system, instructions to display on the display representations of physiological information included in a patient database accessible by the healthcare management software system, and a file including integrity information, the healthcare management software system including instructions to verify an integrity of the patient database through a test of a database integrity information contained in the patient database with the integrity information.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the patient database includes blood glucose values obtained from a glucose meter, the glucose meter being detected by the healthcare management software system.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the file is an encrypted configuration file.

27. A user interface of a healthcare management software system to be presented on an electronic display, the healthcare management software system having access to a database containing physiological information, the user interface comprising:

a first selection input to request a check of the integrity of the database containing physiological information; and

a second selection input to download additional physiological information from a remote device, the additional physiological information being included in the database.

28. The user interface of claim 27, wherein in response to a selection of the first selection input database integrity information included in the database is compared to integrity information stored external to the database.

29. The user interface of claim 28, wherein the integrity information is included in a configuration file.

30. The user interface of claim 28, wherein the integrity information is stored in an encrypted configuration file.

31. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for checking the integrity of a database containing both physiological information and database integrity information, the computer executable instructions including:

instructions to display a user interface of a healthcare management software system; and

instructions to determine an integrity of the database based on a test of integrity information stored external to the database and the database integrity information contained in the database.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the integrity information includes data used by the healthcare management software system to determine information to present with an output device accessible by the healthcare management software system.

33. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the integrity information includes at least one conversion quantity for the physiological information contained in the database, the database integrity information also including the at least one conversion quantity.

34. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the integrity information includes data not used by the healthcare management software system in determining information to present with an output device accessible by the healthcare management software system.

35. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the integrity information is included in a configuration file.

36. The computer readable medium of claim 35, wherein the configuration file is an encrypted configuration file.

37. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions, the computer executable instructions including an installation software which installs a version of a healthcare management software system, the installation software being able to perform at least a first installation of a first version of the healthcare management software system including a first database having a first database integrity information and a first file containing a first integrity information and a second installation of a second version of the healthcare management software system including a second database having a second database integrity information and a second file containing a second integrity information.

38. The computer readable medium of claim 37, wherein the first integrity information matches the first database integrity information and the second integrity information matches the second database integrity information.