SYSTEM PORTAL CONTROL FOR A DIABETES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140324464A1
• Filed: 02/04/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Carlsgaard, Eric S., Dinwiddie, Aaron H., Gejdos, Igor, Long, Michael L., Oelmann, Teresa J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,830,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for managing accounts in a diabetes management system. The method includes receiving, by an account manager, a request to deactivate a first account associated with a healthcare provider. The first account may be associated with a plurality of patient accounts. The account manager may be implemented as computer executable instructions executing on a computer processor of a server device. The method includes removing, by the account manager, access to data associated with the first account. Each of the patient accounts associated with the first account are identified and may be deactivated by the account manager. An electronic notification may be sent to a person associated with each of the identified patient accounts, advising the person that the corresponding patient account has been deactivated. An audit record may be created in a data store, the audit record indicating the deactivation of the first account.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing accounts in a diabetes management system, comprising:

receiving, by an account manager, a request to deactivate a first account associated with a healthcare provider, where the first account is associated with a plurality of patient accounts and the account manager is implemented as computer executable instructions executing on a computer processor of a server device;

removing, by the account manager, access to data associated with the first account;

identifying, by the account manager, each of the patient accounts associated with the first account and deactivating each of the identified patient accounts;

sending, by the account manager, an electronic notification to a person associated with each of the identified patient accounts, where the electronic notification advises the person that the corresponding patient account has been deactivated; and

creating, by the account manager, an audit record in a data store, where the audit record indicates the deactivation of the first account.

2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising archiving data associated with each of the plurality of patient accounts for a predetermined period of time.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined period of time is associated with a geographic location for each respective patient.

4. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising disabling, by the account manager, data synchronization functions between the first account and each of the identified patient accounts.

5. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising disabling, by the account manager, data sharing functions between the first account and each of the identified patient accounts.

6. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising disabling, by the account manager, data transfer activities associated with an electronic medical records system.

7. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising authenticating, by the account manager, the request to deactivate the first account associated with the healthcare provider.

8. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising providing confirmation, by the account manager, that the first account and the associated patient accounts are deactivated.

9. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising creating, by the account manager, an event log record in a data store, where the event log record indicates the deactivation date of each of the identified patient accounts.

10. A computer-implemented method for managing accounts in a diabetes management system, comprising:

receiving, by an account manager, a request to deactivate a patient account associated with the diabetes care management system, where the account manager is implemented as computer executable instructions executing on a computer processor of a server device;

providing, by the account manager, a warning notification indicating active sessions of the patient account will be terminated;

soliciting, by the account manager, a confirmation of the request to deactivate the patient account;

deactivating the patient account upon receipt of the confirmation of the request to deactivate the patient account;

sending, by the account manager, an electronic notification to a person associated with the patient account, where the electronic notification advises the person that the corresponding patient account has been deactivated; and

creating, by the account manager, an audit record in a data store, where the audit record indicates the deactivation of the patient account.

11. The computer-implemented method according to claim 10, further comprising archiving data associated with the patient account for a predetermined period of time.

12. The computer-implemented method according to claim 11, where the predetermined period of time is associated with a regulatory compliance.

13. The computer-implemented method according to claim 12, where the regulatory compliance is associated with a geographic location of the patient.

14. The computer-implemented method according to claim 11, where at least a portion of the data is encrypted.

15. The computer-implemented method according to claim 10, where the request to deactivate the patient account originates from a healthcare provider.

16. The computer-implemented method according to claim 15, where the electronic notification is provided to a patient associated with the patient account.

17. The computer-implemented method according to claim 10, further comprising authenticating, by the account manager, the request to deactivate the patient account prior to deactivating the patient account.

18. The computer-implemented method according to claim 10, where the patient account is associated with a portable medical device, and the method further comprises disabling, by the account manager, data transfer activities associated with the portable medical device.

19. The computer-implemented method according to claim 10, further comprising disabling, by the account manager, data transfer activities associated with an electronic medical records system and the patient account.

20. The computer-implemented method according to claim 10, further comprising providing, by the account manager, an option to cancel the request to deactivate the patient account.