System and method for managing health data
A portable data-management system may be easily employed with multiple processing devices by eliminating the need to pre-install additional programs, agents, device drivers, or other software components on the hosts. A portable storage device contains software for a data-management application, which receives and processes test data from a meter that measures an analyte. The portable device may employ an interface protocol that makes the portable device immediately compatible with different operating systems and hardware configurations. Once the portable device is connected to the host, the data-management application can be automatically launched. The convenience and portability of a data-management system may be enhanced by integrating advanced data processing and display features with the portable device. The users may access some advanced presentations of health data without having to launch the data-management application on a separate host.
1. A system for managing health data, comprising:
a blood glucose meter including:
a housing having a port configured to receive a test sensor therein;
a measurement system disposed within the housing, the measurement system being configured to be coupled with the test sensor received in the port of the housing, the measurement system including at least one processor that executes program instructions to determine one or more glucose concentration measurements of a blood sample received by the test sensor;
a first memory device disposed within the housing, the first memory device storing health data including the one or more glucose concentration measurements; and
a data communications interface including first radio frequency identification (RFID) circuitry; and
a portable processing device having corresponding second RFID circuitry and a second memory device storing a data-management application, the portable processing device being configured to receive the health data from the blood glucose meter via the first RFID circuitry and the second RFID circuitry, the portable processing device being further configured to (i) process the health data by executing a data-management application stored on the portable processing device; and (ii) display the processed health data on a display of the processing device, the displayed processed health data including (i) customizable averages based on the health data; (ii) health data in relation to a user-specified target range; (iii) feedback and predictive analysis related to the health data; or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii),
wherein the blood glucose meter is configured to prevent all applications executing on the portable processing device other than the data-management application from accessing the health data that is stored on the first memory device of the blood glucose meter.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a remote server, the portable processing device being configured to communicate with the remote server to download an updated version of the data-management application or an updated version of software stored on the blood glucose meter to the portable processing device.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the portable processing device is configured to transfer the updated version of the software stored on the blood glucose meter to the blood glucose meter via the first RFID circuitry and the second RFID circuitry.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the updated version of the software stored on the blood glucose meter is validated prior to being transferred to the blood glucose meter from the portable processing device.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements is associated with a position identifier indicative of a position of each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements relative to other glucose concentration measurements of the one or more glucose concentration measurements.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the position identifier associated with each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements is a timestamp or a sequence number.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the portable processing device is configured to read the position identifier of each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements after the glucose concentration measurements are downloaded by the portable processing device to ensure that the health data is stored and analyzed correctly.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the blood glucose meter has a first power supply and the portable processing device has a second power supply, the second power supply being configured to recharge the first power supply.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first power supply is configured to recharge the second power supply responsive to the portable processing device being connected to the blood glucose meter.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first power supply is configured to recharge the second power supply.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the portable processing device is configured to prompt a user for authentication information prior to the portable processing device downloading the health data from the blood glucose meter.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the health data further includes temperature data, blood pressure data, heart rate data, breathing data or weight data.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second RFID circuitry are configured to transfer the health data from the blood glucose meter to the portable processing device when the blood glucose meter is positioned adjacent to the portable processing device.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the blood glucose meter includes a user interface with a display, the blood glucose meter being configured to display information via the user interface and store a display state of the user interface when displaying the information, and wherein the portable processing device is configured to download the display state from the blood glucose meter and display the information on a display of the portable processing device.
15. A method of managing health data, comprising:
receiving a test sensor in a port of a housing of a blood glucose meter such that the test sensor is coupled with a measurement system of the blood glucose meter;
receiving a blood sample via the test sensor;
in response to the receiving the blood sample, determining a first glucose concentration measurement of the received blood sample;
storing the determined first glucose concentration measurement in a data storage system of the blood glucose meter, the data storage system including a first memory device storing one or more glucose concentration measurements;
establishing data communications between the blood glucose meter and a portable processing device via a data communications interface of the blood glucose meter;
transferring the one or more glucose concentration measurements to the portable processing device from the blood glucose meter via first radio frequency identification (RFID) circuitry of the blood glucose meter and corresponding second RFID circuitry of the portable processing device;
processing, with the portable processing device, the one or more glucose concentration measurements from the blood glucose meter by executing a data-management application stored in a second memory device of the portable processing device; and
displaying, with the portable processing device, the processed one or more glucose concentration measurements on a display of the portable processing device, the displayed processed one or more glucose concentration measurements including (i) customizable averages based on the glucose concentration measurements; (ii) the glucose concentration measurements in relation to a user-specified target range; (iii) feedback and predictive analysis related to the glucose concentration measurements; or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii),
wherein the blood glucose meter is configured to prevent all applications executing on the portable processing device other than the data-management application from accessing the health data that is stored on the first memory device of the blood glucose meter.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
establishing a connection between the portable processing device and a remote server;
downloading an updated version of software stored on the blood glucose meter to the portable processing device; and
transferring the updated version of the software stored on the blood glucose meter to the blood glucose meter from the portable processing device.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the updated version of the software stored on the blood glucose meter is validated prior to being transferred to the blood glucose meter from the portable processing device.
18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
associating each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements with a position identifier indicative of a position of each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements relative to other glucose concentration measurements of the one or more glucose concentration measurements; and
transferring the position identifier associated with each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements to the portable processing device from the blood glucose meter.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the position identifier associated with each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements is a timestamp or a sequence number.
20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising recharging a first power supply of the blood glucose meter using a second power supply of the portable processing device.
21. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
prompting a user for authentication information; and
responsive to a user entering correct authentication information, transferring the one or more glucose concentration measurements to the portable processing device from the blood glucose meter.
22. A blood glucose meter for managing health data, comprising:
a housing having a port configured to receive a test sensor therein;
a measurement system disposed within the housing, the measurement system being configured to be coupled with the test sensor received in the port of the housing, the measurement system including at least one processor that executes program instructions to determine one or more glucose concentration measurements of a blood sample received by the test sensor;
a memory device disposed within the housing, the memory device storing health data including the one or more glucose concentration measurements; and
a data communications interface;
wherein the blood glucose meter is configured to transfer the health data, via the data communications interface, to a processing device for analysis by a data-management application configured to be executed on the processing device, the and
wherein the blood glucose meter is configured to prevent all applications executing on the portable processing device other than the data-management application from accessing the health data that is stored on the first memory device of the blood glucose meter.