Clinical Information System Custom Range Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current clinical information systems are ineffective and distracting for healthcare providers as they do not allow for user-configurable range settings, leading to unnecessary alerts for patients with chronic conditions whose values consistently fall outside clinically accepted norms.
Innovation Solution
A clinical information system with a user interface and custom range storage component that enables users to configure custom ranges for lab results for individual patients or patient populations, allowing alerts only when values fall outside these configured ranges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If industry-accepted clinically normal values or ranges are used to identify lab results, then the system can alert clinicians about abnormal values, but patients with chronic conditions receive unnecessary alerts for values that are normal for them
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different reference ranges to different patients based on their individual characteristics and chronic conditions. Instead of using a single industry-accepted normal range for all patients, the system allows customization of reference ranges at the patient level, so that values normal for a particular patient (even if outside general population norms) do not trigger unnecessary alerts.
Solution Approach 2:
The reference ranges in the system are made dynamic and configurable rather than fixed. The system allows users to modify reference ranges based on patient-specific factors, transforming the static industry-accepted ranges into adaptable, patient-tailored ranges that reduce false positives while maintaining alert accuracy for truly abnormal values.
2Reliability
If custom range configuration is allowed for individual patients, then unnecessary alerts are reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides a universal configuration mechanism that can be applied to any patient and any lab result type. The custom range configuration feature is designed to work across different patient populations and lab tests, allowing the same interface and methodology to serve multiple purposes while reducing overall system complexity through standardization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows reference ranges to be pre-configured for patients based on their chronic conditions and historical data. By establishing custom ranges in advance rather than adjusting them reactively, the system reduces the complexity of real-time decision-making and automates the alerting process based on pre-set patient-specific parameters.
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AI summary
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical information system including a user interface and a custom range storage component. The user interface is adapted to allow a user to configure a custom range. The custom range is configured for a lab result. The custom range storage component adapted to store the configured custom range.