Dynamic Medical Record GUI with Minimal Input Actions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Manual and keyboard-based data entry for medical appointment records is tedious, slow, and prone to errors, making it inefficient for doctors to document patient information effectively.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that dynamically displays user-selectable graphical user interface (GUI) elements, allowing doctors to select medical cases and body systems, which populates GUI regions with subjective questions and objective prompts, enabling minimal user input actions for record creation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If keyboard-based data entry is used for medical appointment records, then data can be entered into the system, but the process becomes tedious, slow, and prone to errors

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of record creationVSAvoiduser input effort

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically generates the structured record format and populates it with relevant fields based on the selected medical case type, eliminating the need for manual formatting and reducing user input effort while maintaining high productivity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-configures the record structure, field options, and data organization based on the selected medical case type before the user begins data entry, so that when the user inputs data, the framework is already in place and ready to receive information

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If comprehensive medical case documentation is pursued, then thorough patient information is captured, but the number of user input actions increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of medical recordVSAvoidtime for data entry

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the record structure and available fields based on the selected medical case type, so that only relevant fields are displayed and required for that specific case, capturing comprehensive information when needed while reducing unnecessary fields for other cases

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameters of the data collection interface based on the medical case type selected, adjusting which fields are mandatory, optional, or hidden, thereby optimizing the balance between comprehensive documentation and minimal user input for each specific medical scenario

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11972848B1System and method of facilitating medical appointment record creation with a minimum of user input actions

Publication Date: 2024.04.30 TAPTYPE DIGITAL HEALTH INC

AI summary

To facilitate generating a record of a medical appointment with minimal user input actions, a plurality of user-selectable GUI elements indicating a respective plurality of medical case types is displayed. Responsive to a user selection indicating a type of medical case, a medical case-specific plurality of GUI question elements is dynamically displayed within a first user-selectable GUI region, each including an indicator of a subjective question regarding a condition of a patient presenting with the indicated medical case type and multiple user-selectable GUI response elements indicating multiple respective distinct patient responses to the subjective question. Within a second user-selectable GUI region, a medical case-specific plurality of GUI prompt elements is dynamically displayed, each including an indicator of a prompt to perform an objective observation of the patient presenting with the indicated medical case type and multiple user-selectable GUI input elements indicating multiple respective distinct outcomes to the prompted objective observation.