Method and/or system for determining blood glucose reference sample times
Techniques disclose herein relate to determining glucose reference sample times. The techniques may involve determining a first glucose reference sample measurement for a patient. The techniques may further involve determining timing information for obtaining a second glucose reference sample measurement based at least in part on readings from a continuous glucose sensor.
1 . A method comprising:
determining a first glucose reference sample measurement for a patient according to a schedule;
determining timing information for obtaining a second glucose reference sample measurement based at least in part on a comparison of readings from a continuous glucose sensor to a first threshold and a difference between the first glucose reference sample measurement and an upper bound of a target range glucose level being less than a second threshold, wherein the first glucose reference sample has a value greater than the upper bound, wherein determining the timing information comprises determining a change to the schedule for obtaining glucose reference sample measurements for the patient; and
presenting an alert indicating the change to the schedule.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first glucose reference sample measurement and the second glucose reference sample measurement are metered glucose sample measurements.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the timing information is based on a reliability of the continuous glucose sensor.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the timing information comprises determining an earlier than scheduled time for obtaining the second glucose reference sample measurement.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing at least one of: displaying a time the second glucose reference sample measurement is to be obtained, or causing an alarm to be presented.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the comparison comprises comparing a glucose level of the patient and a predetermined target range, and wherein the timing information for obtaining the second glucose reference sample measurement is based on the comparison.
7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining a duration of time the glucose level of the patient has been within the predetermined target range to determine the timing information.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the predetermined target range is defined based on a target glucose level that varies over time.
9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the glucose level is one of: an observed glucose level based on the first glucose reference sample measurement, or a predicted glucose level of the patient.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the timing information for obtaining the second glucose reference sample measurement comprises determining a duration of time to delay obtaining the second glucose reference sample measurement from a scheduled time.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the timing information comprises determining a trend of glucose levels of the patient based on the readings from the continuous glucose sensor.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the timing information comprises determining a variability of glucose levels of the patient over a previous time period based on the readings from the continuous glucose sensor.
13 . A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory processor-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of:
determining a first glucose reference sample measurement for a patient according to a schedule;
determining timing information for obtaining a second glucose reference sample measurement based at least in part on a comparison of readings from a continuous glucose sensor to a first threshold and a difference between the first glucose reference sample measurement and an upper bound of a target range glucose level being less than a second threshold, wherein the first glucose reference sample has a value greater than the upper bound, wherein determining the timing information comprises determining a change to the schedule for obtaining glucose reference sample measurements for the patient; and
presenting an alert indicating the change to the schedule.
14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the first glucose reference sample measurement and the second glucose reference sample measurement are metered glucose sample measurements.
15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein determining the timing information is based on a reliability of the continuous glucose sensor.
16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors further cause performance of determining an earlier than scheduled time for obtaining the second glucose reference sample measurement.
17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors further cause performance of at least one of: displaying a time the second glucose reference sample measurement is to be obtained, or presenting an alarm.
18 . A method comprising:
obtaining a first glucose reference sample measurement for a patient according to a schedule;
determining timing information for obtaining a subsequent glucose reference sample measurement after the first glucose reference sample measurement to be used to calibrate a continuous glucose sensor based at least in part on a reliability of readings from the continuous glucose sensor and based on a comparison of readings from a continuous glucose sensor to a first threshold and further based on a difference between the first glucose reference sample measurement and an upper bound of a target range glucose level being less than a second threshold, wherein the first glucose reference sample has a value greater than the upper bound, wherein determining the timing information comprises determining a change to the schedule for obtaining a second glucose reference sample measurement for the patient; and
presenting an alert indicating the change to the schedule.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein determining the timing information comprises determining an earlier than scheduled time for obtaining the second glucose reference sample measurement.
20 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising causing at least one of: displaying a time the second glucose reference sample measurement is to be obtained, or causing an alarm to be presented.