Patent ID: 11967403
Assignee: CEPHEID
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A method for processing test results of a medical device, the method comprising:
creating a reporting policies file with one or more authorization levels, each authorization level corresponding to a type of viewing entity and being indicative of a type of data from the test results of the medical device that is viewable by the type of viewing entity;
loading the reporting policies file onto a medical device;
storing information from the reporting policies file to a memory of the medical device;
obtaining, by the medical device, medical test results;
creating, in the medical device, a reporting file comprising the medical test results;
embedding information regarding the authorization levels of reports for the viewing entity from the reporting policies file into the reporting file, wherein:
the medical test results are categorized into a plurality of data categories based on the one or more authorization levels in the reporting policy for the viewing entity, each data category corresponding to a respective authorization level, and
the reporting file identifies the viewing entity and the one or more authorization levels of the viewing entity;
sending, from the medical device to a data center over a distributed network, the reporting file including the medical test results, an identifier of the viewing entity, and the one or more authorization levels of the viewing entity embedded within the reporting file;
requesting access to the test results by a requesting entity; and
using an authorization level in the reporting file corresponding to the requesting entity accessing to do real-time data filtering based on an authorization type to provide access to only authorized data.