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May 2011 Use Cases

The following use cases have been identified to be in scope for the May 2011 ballot of the DCM for Medical Devices Project

Associate the Medical Device with a Patient by Location

Actors

• Medical Device
• Device Manager
• Operator

Pre-Conditions

• The patient is associated with a specific bed/location and the location is tracked by a hospital system. This use case applies only to specific

inpatient and ambulatory settings.

• The device is associated with a specific bed/location and it is not moved from that location untils its location is recorded in an information system.

Associate the Medical Device with a Patient by Identifier and Point-of-Care

Actors

• Medical Device
• Device Manager
• Operator

Pre-Conditions

• The device is able of recording the patient's identity

Main Scenario

The operator scans or enters the patient's identity into the device using its user interface, bar code reader, etc.

Post-Conditions

When the device is no longer acquiring data for the patient, the association with the medical device is broken.

Associate the Medical Device with a Patient by Selecting Patient on Device

Actors

• Medical Device
• Device Manager
• Operator

Pre-Conditions

• The device or its device manager is tracking

Associate the Medical Device with a Patient by Identifier

Actors

• Medical Device
• Device Manager
• Operator