Method for data communication between an infusion station and a front-end computing device in a healthcare environment

A system for data communication in a healthcare environment, comprising:

• at least one infusion station for carrying out an infusion operation, the at least one infusion station being configured to at least one of in an upstream direction transmit and in a downstream direction receive data, and
• at least one front-end computing device being configured to at least one of in the upstream direction receive and in the downstream direction transmit data relating to the at least one infusion station, and
• a server system hosting a driver module and a virtual device module,
• the driver module being configured to at least one of in the upstream direction receive data from and in the downstream direction transmit data to the at least one infusion station, and
• the virtual device module being configured to at least one of in the upstream direction transmit data to and in the downstream direction receive data from the at least one front-end computing device,
• wherein the driver module is configured to at least one of, in the upstream direction, process data received from the at least one infusion station to provide said data to the virtual device module and, in the downstream direction, process data received from the virtual device module to transmit said data to the at least one infusion station,
• wherein the virtual device module includes a data model defining a plurality of data structures in which data relating to the at least one infusion station is stored.