Medical Documentation Template Duplication Interface

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Solution Overview

Problem

In electronic healthcare environments, healthcare providers face inefficiencies and errors due to the time-consuming and error-prone process of creating multiple documentation sections for medical events, which can hinder data analysis and lead to confusion with nonspecific labels.

Innovation Solution

A computerized system and method for generating and managing medical documentation sets, including a user interface that allows for the duplication of medical templates, enabling efficient creation and management of documentation sets with specific labels, facilitating data analysis and reducing errors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If healthcare providers independently create documentation sections for each medical event, then each documentation section can be customized with specific data elements, but the process becomes time-consuming and error-prone

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomization of data elementsVSAvoidtime to create documentation sections
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically generating documentation sections based on templates before the healthcare provider needs to input data. The template system pre-defines data elements, labels, and structures, eliminating the need for providers to manually create each section from scratch.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses copying by replicating proven documentation templates across multiple medical events and categories. Once a template is created with appropriate data elements and labels, it can be copied and reused, maintaining consistency while dramatically reducing creation time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If healthcare providers independently create documentation sections for each medical event, then each section can have varied data elements, but it hinders the ability to group and analyze data across sections

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariation in data elementsVSAvoiddata analysis capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments documentation into standardized templates with defined data elements while maintaining the ability to group them by medical category. This segmentation allows for organized storage and retrieval, enabling efficient grouping and analysis of data across multiple sections without losing the ability to handle varied data requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The template system provides universality by creating a common framework that can accommodate various data elements through configuration rather than structural changes. This allows the same template structure to serve multiple purposes across different medical events while maintaining data consistency for analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If healthcare providers independently create documentation sections, then each section can be tailored to specific needs, but nonsspecific labels cause confusion and errors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetailoring of documentation sectionsVSAvoidaccuracy of medical care
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-defining accurate and specific labels for each data element within templates. This preliminary labeling ensures consistency and accuracy before documentation creation begins, eliminating the confusion caused by nonspecific labels while still allowing tailoring through template selection and configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Adaptability or versatility

If healthcare providers create multiple documentation sections independently, then each section can address specific medical events, but the process is inefficient due to duplication of efforts

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespecificity to medical eventsVSAvoidefficiency of documentation creation
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses copying by allowing healthcare providers to select and reuse templates across multiple medical events. This eliminates the need to recreate documentation structures repeatedly, maintaining event-specific customization while dramatically improving efficiency through template replication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The template system provides universality by creating reusable documentation frameworks that can be applied across different medical events and categories. This multi-functional approach allows a single template to serve multiple purposes, reducing duplication of effort while maintaining the ability to address specific medical event requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8170891B2User interface for generating and managing medical documentation sets
Publication Date: 2012.05.01 CERNER INNOVATION INC
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AI summary

Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for generating and/or managing medical documentation sets are provided. Medical documentation sets are generated by replicating a predetermined medical template. After the predetermined medical template is replicated, the medical label associated with the medical documentation set may be modified so that the medication documentation set includes a unique medical label. Upon the completion of a medication documentation set, it may be retrieved and managed as desired.