Clinical Data Interface for EMR Logging Across Mixed Monitors
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manual entry of patient data from various patient monitoring devices into electronic medical records (EMRs) leads to transcription errors and inefficiencies due to the use of devices from different manufacturers with incompatible data storage and transmission protocols, and configuring a direct network connection is complex and prone to outages.
Innovation Solution
A clinical data interface device with personality files that integrate with EMRs, allowing seamless data transmission from multiple patient monitoring devices by identifying patients automatically, translating proprietary formats, and providing a unified display interface, reducing the need for manual data entry and network configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual data entry is used to transfer patient data from monitoring devices to EMRs, then data can be entered into the system, but transcription errors occur and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of reading and typing data with an automated electronic data extraction and transmission system. The clinical data interface device automatically extracts data from patient monitoring devices and transmits it to the EMR, eliminating the manual transcription process that causes errors and reduces productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The clinical data interface device serves as an intermediary between patient monitoring devices and the EMR system. It bridges the compatibility gap between different manufacturers' devices and the EMR, enabling automatic data transfer without manual intervention while ensuring data accuracy and system integration.
2Extent of automation
If direct network connection between patient monitoring devices and EMR is configured, then automatic data transmission is achieved, but device complexity and configuration difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The clinical data interface device acts as a mediator that simplifies the network architecture. Rather than requiring direct complex network connections between multiple different monitoring devices and the EMR, all data flows through this single interface device, reducing network configuration complexity while maintaining automatic data transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The clinical data interface device provides universal compatibility with patient monitoring devices from different manufacturers. It handles multiple data formats and protocols through personality files, enabling automatic data transmission without requiring separate configuration for each device type, thus reducing overall system complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If personality files are used to translate proprietary formats, then compatibility with different manufacturers' devices is achieved, but software complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complexity of device compatibility into separate, manageable personality files for each manufacturer or device type. Each personality file contains specific translation rules and protocols, allowing the system to handle multiple device formats without creating a monolithic complex software structure. The complexity is divided and organized in a modular fashion.
4Reliability
If patient identification is required for each monitoring device, then data can be accurately associated with patients, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the manual process of identifying and associating patients with each monitoring device with automated patient identification using EMR data. The clinical data interface device automatically retrieves patient information from the EMR and associates it with the monitoring data, eliminating the time-consuming manual identification process while maintaining accurate patient-data association.
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AI summary
A clinical data interface device provides integrated portions of the electronic medical record system to identify and confirm a patient file for receiving data and personality modules for receiving and translating data from a variety of clinical device monitors for that identified patient.