A medical infusion pump system (10, 400, 500, 600, 700), comprising: a portable pump (60, 100, 660, 760) including: a portable housing (66, 110, 610, 710) defining a space to receive a medicine; a pump drive system (140, 465) to dispense medicine from the portable housing when the medicine is received in the space; control circuitry that communicates control signals to the pump drive system to control dispensation of the medicine from the portable housing when the medicine is received in the space; and a near field communication circuit (40, 463, 240, 640, 752) electrically connected with the control circuitry to communicate infusion pump task data to the control circuitry, wherein the near field communication circuit is configured to wirelessly receive the infusion pump task data from a near field communication communicator device (45, 46, 422, 432, 246, 646, 746) when the near field communication circuit and near field communication communicator device are positioned within a near field communication proximity range; and a remote control device that is separate from the portable housing, the remote control device comprising a touch screen user interface, wherein the remote control device is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless communication device connected to the control circuitry, and wherein the remote control device includes a second near field communication circuit that is configured to wirelessly receive the infusion pump task data from the near field communication communicator device (45, 46, 422, 432, 246, 646, 746) when the second near field communication circuit and near field communication communicator device are positioned within the near field communication proximity range, and characterized in that the remote control device is configured to determine when the remote control device is bumped against the near field communication communicator device so as to activate the near field communication transmission via the second near field communication circuit and, in response thereto, the remote control device provides a prompt to the user requesting the user to confirm or decline the dispensation of a suggested bolus amount. a portable pump (60, 100, 660, 760) including: a portable housing (66, 110, 610, 710) defining a space to receive a medicine; a pump drive system (140, 465) to dispense medicine from the portable housing when the medicine is received in the space; control circuitry that communicates control signals to the pump drive system to control dispensation of the medicine from the portable housing when the medicine is received in the space; and a near field communication circuit (40, 463, 240, 640, 752) electrically connected with the control circuitry to communicate infusion pump task data to the control circuitry, wherein the near field communication circuit is configured to wirelessly receive the infusion pump task data from a near field communication communicator device (45, 46, 422, 432, 246, 646, 746) when the near field communication circuit and near field communication communicator device are positioned within a near field communication proximity range; and a portable housing (66, 110, 610, 710) defining a space to receive a medicine; a pump drive system (140, 465) to dispense medicine from the portable housing when the medicine is received in the space; control circuitry that communicates control signals to the pump drive system to control dispensation of the medicine from the portable housing when the medicine is received in the space; and a near field communication circuit (40, 463, 240, 640, 752) electrically connected with the control circuitry to communicate infusion pump task data to the control circuitry, wherein the near field communication circuit is configured to wirelessly receive the infusion pump task data from a near field communication communicator device (45, 46, 422, 432, 246, 646, 746) when the near field communication circuit and near field communication communicator device are positioned within a near field communication proximity range; and a remote control device that is separate from the portable housing, the remote control device comprising a touch screen user interface, wherein the remote control device is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless communication device connected to the control circuitry, and wherein the remote control device includes a second near field communication circuit that is configured to wirelessly receive the infusion pump task data from the near field communication communicator device (45, 46, 422, 432, 246, 646, 746) when the second near field communication circuit and near field communication communicator device are positioned within the near field communication proximity range, and characterized in that the remote control device is configured to determine when the remote control device is bumped against the near field communication communicator device so as to activate the near field communication transmission via the second near field communication circuit and, in response thereto, the remote control device provides a prompt to the user requesting the user to confirm or decline the dispensation of a suggested bolus amount.