Structured test adherence management for manual data entry systems

A diabetes management application residing on a portable computing device, comprising:

• a structured test module operable to administer a given structured collection procedure to the user of the computing device, where the given structured collection procedure specifies one or more collection events for obtaining blood glucose measures for a patient;
• an input module configured to receive a given data entry from a user of the computing device, where the given data entry includes a blood glucose measure and a time at which the blood glucose measure was taken;
• a logbook configured to store data entries related to diabetes care of the patient, the logbook implemented in a data store on the computing device;
• a membership rule set that defines rules for associating data entries received from the user with structured collection procedures, where the membership rule set is stored in a data store on the computing device;
• and
• a membership module configured to receive the given data entry from the input module and operable to associate the given data entry with the given structured collection procedure based on the membership rule set, where the input module, the structured test module and the membership module are executed by a computer processor residing on the computing device.

A computer-implemented method for managing manual entries of blood glucose measures for a patient in relation to a structured collection procedure administered by a portable computing device, comprising:

• managing, by the computing device, a structured collection procedure for a user of the computing device, where the structured collection procedure specifies one or more collection events for obtaining blood glucose measures for a patient;
• receiving, by the computing device, a first data entry from the user of the computing device, where the first data entry includes a blood glucose measure and a time at which the blood glucose measure was taken;
• evaluating the first data entry in relation to the structured collection procedure using a membership rule set, where the membership rule set defines rules for associating data entries with structured collection procedures;
• and
• inputting the first data entry into a logbook without an association to the structured collection procedure in accordance with a rule from the member rule set, the logbook residing in a data store on the computing device.
• receiving, by the computing device, a second data entry from the user of the computing device, where the second data entry includes a blood glucose measure and a time at which the blood glucose measure was taken;
• evaluating the second data entry in relation to the structured collection procedure using the membership rule set;
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• inputting the second data entry into the logbook without an association to the structured collection procedure in accordance with a rule from the member rule set.