Patent ID: 8065161

Claim:
A medical pump configuration and activity logging system comprising: a remote computer adapted to be in communication via a communication network with a plurality of infusion pumps to be configured for use in a plurality of clinical care areas within a medical facility; a memory associated with the remote computer for storing a drug library including infusion pump configuration information and for storing infusion pump activity log information; and a user interface equipped with a display and in communication with the remote computer and the memory so as to allow a user to input user-customized individual entries into the drug library and store a user-customized active worksheet of infusion pump configuration information in the memory for communication to the plurality of infusion pumps by the remote computer to establish programming/operating parameter limits on each of the plurality of infusion pumps; wherein the memory includes data entry schema rules that must be successfully passed for validating acceptability in real time of the individual entries while the individual entries are being entered at the input device such that the user is notified instantaneously upon making an invalid entry; wherein the data entry schema rules include: 1) individual entry data validation rules based on how the individual entry being entered compares to manufacturer-defined infusion pump capabilities for a target infusion pump of the plurality of infusion pumps, and 2) rule set self-validation rules based on how the individual entry being entered compares logically to related operating/programming limits for a given programming/operating parameter in the drug library for a given clinical care area where the target infusion pump can be used; and wherein the processor generates an error message to the user on the display of the user interface as soon as any of the data entry schema rules is violated.