Some embodiments an infusion pump system can provide a suggested bolus
dosage based on particular parameters (e.g., the user's recent blood
glucose characteristics, food intake data, an amount of insulin already
delivered to the user which has not yet acted on the user, or other
factors). In some circumstances, the infusion pump system can receive
information indicative of the user's blood glucose level and suggest an
insulin bolus dosage that is at least partially dependent upon the recent
rate of change in the user's blood glucose level. Such a feature can be
helpful to a user when the infusion pump is operated in conjunction with
a glucose monitoring device because the suggested bolus dosage can be at
least partially based on recent data indicative of the user's blood
glucose level.