Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for remotely controlling a life-critical medical device. In one example, a system includes a life-critical medical device communicatively coupled to a remote device and configured to supply a medical therapy to a patient, the life-critical medical device including a display and memory storing instructions executable to output, to the display, a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a plurality of real-time machine settings of the life-critical medical device, responsive to a first user input, display, via the GUI, a remote control panel including a session code usable to authenticate the remote device, and responsive to receiving an indication from an access server that the remote device has been authenticated, display, on the GUI, a notification indicating that the life-critical medical device is currently controlled by the remote device.