Insulin pump configuration programming invalid settings notification and correction

A computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computing device to perform method steps including:

• prompting an operator to activate a configuration file for controlling the operation of an insulin pump, the configuration file including a first parameter having a first setting and a second parameter having a second setting, the first and second settings being related to one another by a rule;
• permitting the operator to change the first and second settings in any order, even when a change causes an invalidity condition based on the rule;
• providing visual feedback to the operator when a change in one of the first and second settings causes an invalidity condition;
• preventing the operator from saving the activated configuration file to the pump as long as an invalidity condition exists.

A system for programming an insulin pump, including:

• a computing device having a display and a memory location;
• and
• software stored in the memory location for execution by the computing device, the software facilitating a workflow for setting parameters of a configuration file that controls operation of the pump, the workflow including the steps of
• prompting an operator to activate the configuration file;
• displaying a representation of a first parameter on the display;
• responding to the operator's selection of the first parameter by enabling the operator to change an original value for the first parameter;
• determining that the changed value is invalid because the changed value violates a rule relating the first parameter to a second parameter;
• maintaining the changed value in the active configuration file;
• displaying an invalid item icon on the display in association with the changed value;
• responding to a request from the operator to save the active configuration file including the changed value by preventing the operator from saving the active configuration file to the pump.