EHR Interface Layout for Synchronized Alerts and Patient History

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing EHR systems are often siloed, leading to unsynchronized updates and complex user interfaces that hinder effective data access and utilization among medical professionals, particularly in transferring patient history and medical alerts.

Innovation Solution

A graphical user interface (EHR GUI) with a switchable interface area, navigation tabs, patient history tabs, alert footer menu, and specialist footer menu, allowing seamless access to patient data, medical alerts, and specialist notifications, ensuring synchronized updates and simplified navigation across EHR functions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If EHR systems are implemented for digital patient records, then transfer of patient history becomes easier, but the systems become siloed with unsynchronized updates across different medical professionals

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetime for transferring patient historyVSAvoidsynchronization of patient data across professionals

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple EHR instances from different medical professionals into a single unified interface. The system combines patient data, alerts, and notifications from multiple sources while maintaining synchronization, allowing all professionals to access the same updated information simultaneously through shared access to the underlying EHR database.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Quantity of substance

If EHR systems include comprehensive functions for medical record management, then data completeness improves, but user interface complexity increases with deep nested menus

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompleteness of patient dataVSAvoidcomplexity of user interface structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the comprehensive EHR functions into distinct, easily accessible components. Critical information such as medical alerts and notifications are separated into dedicated display areas (footer menus), while routine functions remain in the main interface. This segmentation allows users to access different types of information without navigating through deep nested menus, reducing interface complexity while maintaining data completeness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by providing different interface layouts for different types of information. Critical alerts receive prominent display in the footer area, while routine patient data is accessible through standard menus. This differentiated presentation ensures that important information is immediately visible without requiring users to navigate complex menu structures, addressing both completeness and usability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Adaptability or versatility

If EHR interfaces provide extensive functions for medical record management, then functionality improves, but ease of operation decreases due to difficult to use user interfaces

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefunctionality of EHR systemVSAvoidease of using EHR interface

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal footer menu structure that serves multiple functions across different EHR contexts. The same footer area consistently displays alerts, notifications, and quick-access functions regardless of which part of the EHR system is active. This multi-functional design maintains system versatility while simplifying operation, as users always know where to find critical information without learning different interface patterns for different functions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12537080B2EHR system with alert footer and related methods

Publication Date: 2026.01.27 CHANG KHAI S

AI summary

An EHR system is for providing an EHR GUI. The EHR GUI includes a switchable interface area configured to switch between EHR functions. The EHR GUI includes a navigation tab menu adjacent to a first side of the switchable interface area and having navigation tabs for accessing the EHR functions within the switchable interface area, and a patient history tab menu adjacent to a second side of the switchable interface area. The second side is opposite the first side. The patient history tab menu has patient history tabs for accessing different types of historical patient data from the given patient data in the EHR database. The EHR GUI also includes an alert footer menu below the switchable interface area, the alert footer menu having potential medical alerts for the given patient, and a specialist footer menu adjacent to the alert footer menu and having potential specialist notifications.