Fishbone Diagrams for Anesthesia Data Integration
Solution Overview
Problem
Anesthesia providers face challenges in efficiently managing and interpreting real-time patient data during complex surgeries, requiring rapid and precise monitoring of patient parameters, which existing systems fail to address effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for delivering clinical laboratory data using fishbone or analogous visual diagrams and trend charts, integrating data from multiple sources to provide anesthesia providers with a comprehensive and easily interpretable interface for preoperative, operative, and perioperative care.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If real-time patient parameter data is continuously monitored and integrated from multiple sources, then the completeness and reliability of patient information is improved, but the complexity of data management and presentation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments patient parameter data into distinct categories (vital signs, laboratory data, anesthesia measurements) and presents them through separate but coordinated display components. Each data type is processed and visualized independently, allowing the system to manage complex multi-source data without overwhelming the user interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that receives raw data from multiple sources, standardizes the information format, and transforms it into clinically relevant presentations. This intermediary component buffers the complexity between data acquisition systems and the user interface, enabling reliable data integration without proportional increases in operational complexity.
2Loss of information
If multiple data sources are integrated into a unified system, then the comprehensiveness of patient monitoring is improved, but the difficulty of interpreting and assessing data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple data streams into a unified patient overview display that presents comprehensive information in a single coordinated interface. By combining vital signs, laboratory data, and anesthesia measurements into one integrated view with consistent timing and scaling, the system maintains data comprehensiveness while reducing the cognitive load of interpreting separate displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds temporal dimensionality to data presentation by displaying trends over time alongside current values. This dimensional transformation allows clinicians to assess both immediate patient status and evolving patterns simultaneously, making comprehensive data interpretation more efficient without losing information.
3Measurement precision
If detailed patient parameter data is continuously displayed, then the precision of patient assessment is improved, but the time required to process and understand data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing detailed precise data where needed while maintaining simplified overviews elsewhere. Critical parameters receive enhanced display treatment with greater detail and prominence, while less critical information is presented more concisely. This selective detail approach maintains assessment precision for important measurements without requiring equal processing time for all data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary organization and prioritization of data before presentation to the clinician. Data from multiple sources is pre-sorted, pre-formatted, and pre-highlighted based on clinical importance and temporal relevance, so that when the clinician views the display, the information is already optimized for rapid comprehension without requiring additional processing time.
4Productivity
If automated capture of patient parameters is implemented, then staff workload is reduced, but the complexity of system integration increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal data acquisition interface that can automatically receive and standardize parameters from multiple different sources (vital signs monitors, laboratory systems, anesthesia machines). This multi-functional interface handles diverse data types through a single standardized protocol, reducing staff workload for manual data entry while avoiding proportional increases in integration complexity through consistent processing rules.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for use with a user interface system, a first data provider, a second data provider and a display device. The system comprises a data input component, a fishbone diagram generating component, an output component, a user interface component, and a data trend generating component. The data trend generating component can generate data trend image data based on a trends diagram instruction. The output component can further output the data trend image data to the display device to be displayed so as to include a first graphical function and a second graphical function, wherein the first graphical function corresponds to first patient laboratory test data, and wherein the second graphical function corresponds to second patient laboratory test data.