Dynamic GUI for Medical Dose Recalculation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic health record (EHR) systems have cluttered or minimalist user interfaces that overwhelm caregivers with data, requiring them to navigate multiple screens and systems for comprehensive patient information, leading to inefficient dose recalculation and adjustment processes in medical treatment regimens.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic multi-layered graphical user interface system that retrieves treatment and patient data, compares attributes to rule sets, generates interactive icons, and provides overlay windows for detailed information, allowing caregivers to recalculate and adjust medication doses in real-time within a streamlined interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If EHR systems provide comprehensive patient data, then information completeness is improved, but user interface clutter increases making it overwhelming for caregivers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments patient information into hierarchical layers: a primary display showing only critical data (patient demographics, current medication, key vitals) and secondary displays accessible through navigation that show detailed information (full medication lists, complete lab results, treatment history). This segmentation allows the interface to be both comprehensive and clear by separating essential from detailed information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces temporal and spatial dimensions to information presentation by implementing a timeline-based navigation system where patients can view their treatment journey across multiple time points, and a spatial hierarchy where summary views link to detailed views. This multi-dimensional organization allows comprehensive data to be presented in an organized, non-overwhelming manner.
2Ease of operation
If EHR systems provide minimalistic user interfaces, then ease of operation is improved, but information sufficiency decreases requiring access to multiple systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges previously separate functions into a single integrated EHR system. The primary display consolidates patient identification, current medication, and critical alerts in one view, while embedded navigation controls provide direct access to detailed information without requiring separate systems. This merging maintains simplicity while ensuring information sufficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal interface framework that can display different types of patient information (demographics, medications, lab results, treatment plans) using the same standardized controls and navigation patterns. This multi-functional design allows the interface to be simple yet comprehensive, handling diverse information types consistently.
3Loss of information
If EHR systems require navigation to multiple screens for comprehensive information, then information completeness is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and pre-displaying the most critical patient information on the primary screen (current medication, key alerts, vital abnormalities) before the caregiver even opens the interface. Frequently accessed detailed information is pre-organized in easily accessible navigation menus, eliminating the need for caregivers to search through multiple screens to find essential data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system monitors which detailed information sections caregivers access most frequently and adjusts the primary display to proactively show that information. The system learns from usage patterns and dynamically optimizes the interface to reduce navigation time for individual caregivers and patient types.
4Loss of information
If EHR systems display detailed information on all screens, then information sufficiency is improved, but computer resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by rendering detailed information only in the specific regions of the interface where it is needed, rather than loading and displaying all detailed information across the entire system. The primary display uses simplified graphics and text, while detailed views are only fully rendered when the caregiver actually navigates to them, optimizing resource usage based on local information needs.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for generating dynamic multi-layered graphical user interfaces may include at least one processing device configured to retrieve treatment regimen data for a patient from at least one networked database, retrieve patient attribute data for the patient, generate a graphical user interface reflecting a medication identified in the treatment regimen data and one or more associated patient attributes, compare the extracted patient attributes to one or more thresholds in a rule set, the rule set correlating a dose of the medication to one or more expected values of the extracted patient attributes, evaluating at least one condition of at least rule in the rule set, generate, based on the evaluation an interactive icon for display in the graphical user interface, and generate an overlay window displayed adjacent the interactive icon, the overlay window providing details associated with the interactive icon.