Handheld blood glucose monitoring device with messaging capability

A blood glucose monitoring system comprising:

• a wireless first blood glucose monitoring device having:
• a housing;
• a glucose sensing subsystem within the housing configured to obtain a blood glucose measurement from a blood sample from a first user, and
• a radio transceiver subsystem within the housing configured to:
• receive data indicative of the blood glucose measurement from the glucose sensing subsystem;
• transmit the data indicative of the blood glucose measurement over a wireless communications link, and
• receive a message from a computer, and
• a display screen configured to present the message;
• and
• the computer comprising:
• a memory comprising:
• a database storing a plurality of records, including a first record corresponding to the first blood glucose monitoring device and a second record corresponding to a second blood glucose monitoring device,
• the first record storing:
• a plurality of messages for the first user, wherein each message in the plurality of messages has an associated blood glucose level threshold, and
• a plurality of blood glucose measurements obtained from the first user, and
• the second record storing:
• a plurality of messages for the second user, wherein each message in the plurality of messages has an associated blood glucose level threshold, and
• a plurality of blood glucose measurements obtained from the second user;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• receive the transmitted data indicative of the blood glucose measurement,
• determine that the blood glucose level threshold for a first message in the plurality of messages for the first user has been met,
• provide, to a healthcare provider, access to the first and second records,
• receive, from the healthcare provider, the plurality of messages for the first user,
• store the plurality of messages for the first user in the first record in the database, and
• receive, from the healthcare provider, a respective blood glucose level threshold associated with each of the plurality of messages for the first user;
• a communications interface configured to:
• transmit the first message by real-time communication to the first blood glucose monitoring device;
• and
• wherein the first blood glucose monitoring device is configured to allow the first user to respond to the plurality of messages from the healthcare provider.