Digital healthcare architecture with biometric authentication systems and methods

A method of remotely programming an implantable medical device (IMD) that provides therapy to a patient, the method comprising:

• establishing a first communication between a patient controller (PC) device and the implantable medical device, wherein the implantable medical device is operable to provide therapy to the patient;
• prior to establishing a video connection between the PC device and a clinician programmer (CP) device of a clinician for a remote programming session:
• enrolling baseline biometric data of the clinician for effectuating biometric authentication of the clinician;
• providing a one-time passcode (OTP) to the CP device generated by an authentication node;
• generating a temporary encryption key (TEK) derived from the OTP;
• encrypting biometric data received from the clinician, using the TEK, resulting in encrypted biometric data of the clinician;
• transmitting the encrypted biometric data to the authentication node;
• generating a temporary decryption key (TDK) derived from the OTP;
• decrypting the encrypted biometric data, using the TDK, resulting in decrypted biometric data;
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• responsive to validating the decrypted biometric data, authenticating the clinician to allow access to one or more digital healthcare resources and services including launching the remote programming session with the patient having the IMD;
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• establishing the video connection between the PC device and a clinician programmer (CP) device of a clinician for the remote programming session in a second communication that includes an audio/video (A/V) session.

A method of remotely programming an implantable medical device (IMD) that provides therapy to a patient, the method comprising:

• establishing a first communication between a patient controller (PC) device and the implantable medical device, wherein the implantable medical device is operable to provide therapy to the patient according to one or more programmable parameters, and the PC device includes a video camera;
• prior to establishing a video connection between the PC device and a clinician programmer (CP) device of a clinician for a remote programming session:
• enrolling baseline biometric data of the clinician for effectuating biometric authentication of the clinician;
• obtaining biometric data of the clinician;
• encrypting the biometric data, using a temporary encryption key (TEK), resulting in encrypted biometric data of the clinician;
• transmitting the encrypted biometric data to an authentication node;
• decrypting the encrypted biometric data, using a temporary decryption key (TDK), resulting in decrypted biometric data;
• responsive to validating the decrypted biometric data, authenticating the clinician to allow access to one or more digital healthcare resources and services including launching the remote programming session with the patient having the IMD;
• and
• establishing the video connection between the PC device and a clinician programmer (CP) device of a clinician for the remote programming session in a second communication that includes an audio/video (A/V) session using the video camera.