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

Claim 2:
3. A medical device for processing test results, the medical device comprising:
a memory;
a communication interface; and
a processing unit communicatively coupled with the memory and the communication interface, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
receive 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;
cause information from the reporting policies file to be stored in the memory;
obtain medical test results;
create a reporting file comprising the medical test results;
embed information regarding the authorization level 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; and
send, via the communication interface 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.