Clinical Activity Navigator for Patient Workflow Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Clinicians face challenges in managing patient activities due to increased workloads and existing computer-based solutions that overwhelm them with information, requiring manual note-taking and disrupting workflow continuity.
Innovation Solution
A patient activity list with a common view and an activities navigator that limits information presentation while allowing full navigation, enabling clinicians to review, reschedule, and document activities within context, and manage interruptions by saving partially completed tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If computer-based solutions present comprehensive patient information to clinicians, then information completeness is improved, but information overload and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patient information is segmented into different categories (demographics, clinical data, activities, documentation) and organized in a hierarchical structure. The common view presents only essential segments, while detailed segments are accessible through navigation controls, allowing clinicians to access complete information without being overwhelmed by it all at once.
Solution Approach 2:
The most critical patient information and activities are extracted and presented in the common view, while less frequently accessed detailed information is separated and made available through navigation controls. This extraction allows the main interface to remain clean and focused while preserving access to complete information.
2Loss of information
If clinicians access comprehensive patient information through multiple applications, then information completeness is improved, but workflow continuity is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple previously separate applications (patient information viewing, activity management, documentation) are merged into a single integrated application. The common view and activity navigator work together within one interface, eliminating the need for clinicians to switch between applications and maintaining continuous workflow context.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated application provides multi-functionality, allowing clinicians to view patient information, manage activities, and document care within a single system. This universal interface handles multiple tasks that previously required separate applications, improving workflow continuity.
3Productivity
If clinicians are interrupted during workflow, then task completion is paused, but returning to the same workflow state becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically saves the current workflow state and activity context before an interruption occurs. When the clinician returns, the previously viewed patient and activity are automatically restored, eliminating the need to manually return to the previous state and allowing seamless resumption of work.
4Ease of operation
If clinicians manually record vital patient information, then information accessibility is improved, but time efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically provides clinicians with quick access to vital patient information through the common view and activity navigator, eliminating the need for manual recording on note cards. The information is self-presented in an accessible format, freeing clinicians from manual documentation tasks while maintaining quick accessibility.
Data Source
AI summary
A clinical activity navigator facilitates documentation of multiple clinical activities. When a plurality of clinical activities are selected for document, an activity navigator user interface may be presented that includes an indication for each of the clinical activities. The indication for each clinical activity includes a link to documentation for the corresponding clinical activity. A user selection of an indication for one of the clinical activities is received via the activity navigator user interface. In response to the user selection, a documentation user interface for that clinical activity is presented that allows entry of information associated with that clinical activity.