Patent ID: 8543416

Claim:
A medication management system for configuring a backlight, the system comprising: a medication management unit having a processing unit and a storage medium coupled to the processing unit, the storage medium containing programming code executed by the processing unit to: receive a selected clinical care area of a drug library at the medication management unit; receive a default power saving mode off/on setting for A/C powered medical device operation and a power save time out time limit for the selected clinical care area; update the drug library with the default power saving mode off/on setting and the power save time out time limit; and transmit the updated drug library; and a medical device in electronic communication with the medication management unit, the medical device having a display including the backlight, the medical device having both an A/C power mode and a non A/C power mode and being operable to run alternatively on one of A/C power in the A/C power mode and non A/C power in the non A/C power mode, the medical device having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the medical device further having a timed display dimming function responsive to the power save time out time limit, the memory containing programming code to: receive the updated drug library at the medical device; receive a designated clinical care area selection at the medical device that corresponds to the selected clinical care area from the updated drug library; set as a current power saving mode on/off setting for the designated clinical care area selection the default power saving mode on/off setting from the updated drug library; and operate the medical device in an A/C power mode in accordance with the current power saving mode on/off setting, enabling the timed display dimming function when the current power saving mode on/off setting is set to an on setting and disabling the timed display dimming function when the current power saving mode on/off setting is set to an off setting; wherein the timed display dimming function, when enabled, is operable to dim the backlight to a preset power saving brightness level after the power save time out time limit, and the timed display dimming function, when disabled, is operable to maintain the backlight at a current brightness level.