Formlet Generation for Clinical Workflow Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Healthcare information systems face challenges in customizing clinical workflows due to interoperability issues and restrictions imposed by existing systems, leading to difficulties in integrating customized workflows without significant updates or re-releases, which hinders efficient data management and decision-making processes.
Innovation Solution
A clinical knowledge platform with a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and standardized vocabulary enables healthcare entities to dynamically customize clinical workflows, aggregate data from disparate sources, and generate real-time patient information for better decision support, allowing independent management of workflows without relying on system providers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If healthcare systems use existing information systems to manage clinical information, then data management capabilities are provided, but customization of clinical workflows is restricted due to interoperability issues and system limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the clinical workflow customization into independent, modular components called formlets. Each formlet represents a discrete unit of workflow functionality that can be independently configured, developed, and deployed. This segmentation allows healthcare systems to customize workflows without requiring complex system-wide modifications, thereby improving adaptability while managing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a formlet compiler and runtime environment as intermediary components between the existing healthcare information systems and the customized workflows. These intermediaries enable workflow customization by translating high-level workflow definitions into system-specific implementations, resolving interoperability issues without requiring direct modification of underlying systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If customized workflows are integrated into existing healthcare systems, then workflow flexibility is improved, but significant system updates or re-releases are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic workflow customization where formlets can be created, modified, and deployed at runtime without requiring system updates or re-releases. The formlet compiler and runtime environment enable workflows to be dynamically assembled and executed, allowing healthcare organizations to adapt workflows immediately without waiting for system provider updates, thus eliminating time loss associated with system re-releases.
3Ease of operation
If healthcare entities rely on system providers for workflow management, then system integrity is maintained, but independent workflow management capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables healthcare entities to self-manage workflow customization through the formlet framework. Organizations can independently define, compile, and deploy their own workflow formlets without requiring system provider intervention. The system maintains integrity through standardized interfaces and compilation processes, while simultaneously granting entities full independent workflow management capability.
Data Source
AI summary
Certain examples provide systems and methods for formlet generation and presentation. Certain examples provide one or more formlets to be used to construct a clinical application. Certain examples leverage a content-based system, clinical element queries and clinical element transforms to generate a formlet to be used in a clinical application.