Adjustable Display Panels for Centralized Patient Data Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems are complex and inefficient, leading to increased administrative burdens for physicians, decreased patient interaction time, and higher risks of medical errors due to cumbersome interfaces and data navigation challenges, which hinder quick decision-making and effective communication among healthcare providers.
Innovation Solution
A Data Command Center visual display system that integrates patient information from multiple sources onto a single screen, allowing physicians to access and navigate patient data, including medical history, insurance information, and billing details, without leaving the display screen, using adjustable display panels and a patient flowsheet for streamlined data entry and decision-making.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional EMR systems are used to store and manage patient data, then data can be accessed and managed, but the complex interfaces and multiple screens required to navigate data increase physician workload and decrease efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple adjustable display panels that can be independently configured to show different patient data elements. Each panel can be customized to display specific information categories (e.g., medical history, insurance details, billing data), allowing physicians to access all necessary information simultaneously on a single screen without navigating through multiple interfaces or windows.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a sequential, multi-screen navigation model to a parallel, multi-panel display model. By utilizing the two-dimensional space of a single display screen to arrange multiple information panels simultaneously, the system enables physicians to view and access diverse patient data across different data dimensions without leaving the current screen, effectively adding spatial organization to the information presentation.
2Loss of information
If conventional EMR systems require navigation through multiple screens and interfaces, then comprehensive patient data can be accessed, but the time required to access information increases and quick decision-making is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
Patient data is segmented into distinct categories (medical history, insurance information, billing details, etc.) and each category is displayed in a separate adjustable panel on the same screen. This segmentation allows comprehensive data presentation while enabling physicians to quickly locate and focus on specific information types without searching through unrelated data or navigating away from the main view.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple data views that would traditionally require separate screens are merged into a single integrated display. The system combines medical history, insurance data, billing information, and other patient records into one unified screen with multiple panels, allowing physicians to access complete patient information in a single location without the time loss associated with switching between screens or applications.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional EMR interfaces are used, then data management functions are available, but the complex navigation and multiple layers of interfaces increase the risk of medical errors
Solution Approach 1:
The display panels are dynamically adjustable and reconfigurable based on physician preferences and specific patient care needs. Physicians can resize, move, and customize the content of each panel in real-time, creating an adaptive interface that responds to changing task requirements. This dynamic customization reduces the likelihood of errors by allowing optimal information arrangement for each specific clinical scenario rather than relying on fixed, potentially confusing layouts.
4Loss of information
If physicians use conventional EMR systems with multiple screens, then comprehensive patient information is available, but physician-patient interaction time decreases due to increased screen time
Solution Approach 1:
All essential patient information previously distributed across multiple screens is merged into a single integrated display. By consolidating medical history, insurance data, billing information, and other critical data into one screen with organized panels, physicians can access complete patient information without the need to switch between multiple windows or applications, thereby reducing screen time and increasing availability for direct patient interaction.
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AI summary
A data command center visual display system presents dynamic data to a display screen. The command center visual display system includes a plurality of adjustable display panels configured to display predetermined combinations of patient identification information and patient medical information. A patient flowsheet is created that includes a table that presents the patient's medical information by medical service, medical procedure, diagnostic test, medication, and diagnosis that is prescribed, ordered, performed, or selected during respective encounters with at least one medical provider. In response to selection by a user, at least two adjustable display panels containing medical information relating to one or more patients in the patient flowsheet are presented to the display in a single view. The user may edit or move the medical information or the patient identification information within the display panels while the display panels are simultaneously open.