Dynamic Grid Interface for Clinical Order Entry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for data entry in clinical reporting and ordering require numerous interactions and are burdensome due to the need to open and navigate multiple static or limited dropdown lists for selecting values across multiple data fields, leading to inefficiencies in time and user interaction.
Innovation Solution
A user interface system employs a grid to display data fields and dynamically expand value lists, allowing concurrent selection of related parameters across multiple columns, minimizing user interactions by displaying multiple values at once and enabling efficient selection of complete orders through a single interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple static dropdown lists are used for data entry, then data accuracy is improved through predefined options, but user interaction time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple static dropdown lists into a single dynamic interface where selecting a value in one column automatically updates related columns. This merging reduces the number of separate interactions required while maintaining data accuracy through predefined options, directly addressing the contradiction between data accuracy and user interaction time.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface transitions from static dropdown lists to a dynamic system where the display and availability of options in different columns change based on user selections in other columns. This dynamic behavior allows the system to adapt to user actions, reducing unnecessary interactions while preserving data accuracy through context-aware option filtering.
2Reliability
If multiple separate dropdown lists are used for different data fields, then data integrity is maintained through individual validation, but the number of user interactions and interface complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate dropdown lists are merged into a unified interface where related parameters are displayed together in a grid format. The system maintains data integrity through coordinated validation across all columns while reducing interface complexity by eliminating the need to navigate between separate lists.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface is segmented into columns representing different data fields, with each column maintaining its own validation rules. This segmentation allows individual data integrity checks while presenting all fields in a single coordinated view, reducing the complexity of navigating between separate validation interfaces.
3Manufacturing precision
If traditional dropdown lists are used for each data field, then precise control over allowable values is achieved, but the time required to complete data entry tasks increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple value selection operations into a single interface interaction. When a user selects a value in one column, the system automatically updates related columns with compatible values, maintaining precise control over allowable combinations while significantly improving data entry efficiency by reducing the number of separate selection actions required.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically updating related parameter columns when a user selects a value. This preliminary updating of compatible options in other columns reduces the total number of user interactions needed while maintaining precise control over value selections through predefined relationships between parameters.
Data Source
AI summary
A user interface system enables user selection of related parameters identifying an order for providing an item or service. The system employs a repository including information identifying candidate items or services for order and associated corresponding related order parameters in which an individual item or service for order is associated with multiple related order parameters. A user interface processor for, in response to user entry of order associated data, uses the repository in providing data representing a display image. The display image includes, an initial single candidate order including multiple order related parameters, order related parameter identifiers, multiple concurrently displayed columnar image areas correspondingly associated with the multiple order related parameters and individually incorporating multiple user selectable values for a respective individual order related parameter. In response to the user selection of a first value for a first order related parameter in a first columnar image area for incorporation in the candidate order, corresponding compatible sets of order related parameter values are presented in remaining columnar image areas of the multiple concurrently displayed columnar image areas. The display image enables, in response to user command, user selection of a complete candidate order derived by selection of displayed order related parameter values in the concurrently displayed columnar image areas.