Dynamic Patient Sector Display Sizing for Acuity-Based Monitoring
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current patient monitoring systems face challenges in dynamically adjusting display space based on varying patient acuity and monitoring needs, often requiring healthcare practitioners to manually intervene, which diverts attention from patient care and does not efficiently utilize available display space.
Innovation Solution
A medical monitoring system that uses electronic processors to dynamically configure patient sector display sizes in real-time based on a priority order, assigning space incrementally to each sector based on rules such as user-specified minimum size, data elements, and acuity levels, allowing for variable and adaptive display adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed sector space is assigned to each patient, then display organization is consistent and simple, but it cannot accommodate varying patient acuity and monitoring needs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic patient sector display sizing where the display space allocated to each patient automatically adjusts in real-time based on changing acuity levels and monitoring requirements. This resolves the contradiction by making the display configuration adaptable without requiring complex manual reconfiguration, as the system automatically reconfigures sectors when patient conditions change.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the display parameter of sector size dynamically based on patient acuity parameters. When a patient's condition changes (e.g., develops an alarm or requires more monitoring), the system automatically adjusts the sector size parameter to provide more or less display space, eliminating the need for fixed sizing while maintaining simple operation through automated parameter adjustment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If healthcare practitioners manually adjust display space allocation, then display can be optimized for patient needs, but practitioner attention is diverted from patient care
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the display system to automatically self-adjust sector sizes based on patient condition data without requiring practitioner intervention. The system monitors patient parameters and autonomously reconfigures the display layout, allowing practitioners to receive optimized display information without spending time manually adjusting configurations, thus eliminating the trade-off between optimization and time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where patient monitoring data continuously informs display configuration adjustments. When patient conditions change (such as developing alarms or requiring different monitoring), the system receives feedback from clinical data and automatically adjusts sector allocation, eliminating the need for practitioners to manually optimize displays while ensuring the display remains optimized for current patient needs.
3Adaptability or versatility
If more display space is allocated to acute patients, then monitoring needs are better met, but available display space for other patients is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic space allocation where patient sector sizes are not fixed but continuously adjusted based on real-time acuity levels. When an acute patient requires more monitoring, their sector automatically expands while less critical patients' sectors automatically reduce in size, allowing the system to accommodate varying needs without requiring additional physical display space. This dynamic reallocation resolves the zero-sum problem of fixed display space.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the display parameter of sector size based on patient acuity parameters. By dynamically adjusting the size parameter of each sector according to patient needs, the system allows acute patients to receive more display space while automatically reducing space for less critical patients, eliminating the need to choose between accommodating acute needs and maintaining space for others.
4Quantity of substance
If the number of displays is increased to monitor more patients, then patient coverage is improved, but cost and physical space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into multiple dynamically adjustable patient sectors that can be efficiently organized on existing displays. By implementing intelligent segmentation and prioritization of patient information, the system can effectively monitor more patients on the same number of displays, reducing the need for additional display devices while maintaining comprehensive patient coverage.
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
AI summary
A medical monitoring system includes one or more electronic processors and one or more display devices. The one or more electronic processors are configured to receive vital signs of each a plurality of patients and dynamically configure in real-time a display of the received vital signs which includes for each patient an individually assigned patient sector display sized from available space for the display based on a priority order. The one or more display devices display the configured display of the plurality of patient sector displays.