Infusion pump system and method with multiple drug library editor source capability
An infusion pump system and method with multiple drug library editor source capability including: an infusion pump system having a first drug library editor operable to generate a first drug library; a second drug library editor operable to generate a second drug library; and an infusion pump operable to connect to either one of the first drug library editor and the second drug library editor, the infusion pump having an operational drug library being one of the first drug library received from the first drug library editor and the second drug library received from the second drug library editor. The first drug library editor is one of a dedicated drug library editor and an enterprise drug library editor, and the second drug library editor is the other of the one of the dedicated drug library editor and the enterprise drug library editor.
1. A method of configuring one or more infusion pumps comprising:
preparing a first drug library on a first drug library editor;
preparing a second drug library on a second drug library editor;
receiving a download message including an indicator, said indicator indicating a selection of an operational drug library;
loading the first drug library or the second drug library into the one or more infusion pumps as the operational drug library based on the indicator in the download message; and
delivering an infusion from the one or more infusion pumps in accordance with the operational drug library;
wherein the first drug library editor is one of a dedicated drug library editor and an enterprise drug library editor, and the second drug library editor is the other one of the dedicated drug library editor and the enterprise drug library editor; and
wherein the operational drug library further comprises a configuration setting that indicates where to accept a next drug library from to migrate the one or more infusion pumps from one of the first and second drug library editors to the other one of the first and second drug library editors.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first drug library editor is the dedicated drug library editor deployed on a local computer operably connectable to and local to the one or more infusion pumps.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the delivering the infusion from the one or more infusion pumps in accordance with the first drug library further comprises delivering the infusion from the one or more infusion pumps at a location selected from the group consisting of a hospice, a nursing home, and a home care environment.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more infusion pumps is one of a multitude of infusion pumps and wherein the first drug library editor is the enterprise drug library editor deployed on a medication management unit operably connectable to and remote from the multitude of infusion pumps.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first drug library editor is the enterprise drug library editor deployed on a medication management unit operably connectable to and remote from the one or more infusion pumps, and the delivering the infusion from the one or more infusion pumps in accordance with the first drug library further comprises delivering the infusion from the one or more infusion pumps at a location selected from the group consisting of a hospital and a treatment center.