Personalized Medical Intranet Interface Using Segmentation and Dynamics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical facilities face challenges in customizing their computer-based information system interfaces to meet the specific job functions and skill levels of their personnel, leading to inefficient access and training, as existing interfaces have fixed formats and lack user-specific optimization.
Innovation Solution
A method is implemented to configure user interfaces by providing a user server with a data display unit that accepts user-specific identification, communicates with an administrative database to retrieve configuration information based on permission levels, and allows users to modify their home page configurations within permitted areas, storing the changes in the system database.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a fixed format interface is used for all users, then system simplicity and ease of implementation are improved, but user-specific optimization and job function alignment deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into multiple configurable pages (home page, department page, process page, etc.) that can be independently customized for different users based on their job functions and roles, while maintaining a unified system architecture
Solution Approach 2:
The interface configuration is made dynamic through permission-based customization capabilities, allowing users to modify their own interface settings within authorized boundaries, and enabling administrators to configure interfaces for specific user groups based on organizational hierarchy and job requirements
2Adaptability or versatility
If interface configuration is fully customized for each user, then user-specific optimization is improved, but system complexity and configuration management deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Default interface configurations are pre-established for different user roles and job functions, providing immediate usable interfaces upon login while allowing subsequent customization within permission boundaries
Solution Approach 2:
Users are empowered to independently configure and customize their own interface settings within the scope of their permissions, eliminating the need for complex centralized configuration management for routine customizations
3Reliability
If permission-based access control is implemented, then security and compliance are improved, but interface accessibility and user freedom deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Permission levels are applied locally to specific interface elements, data areas, and configuration options rather than uniformly across the entire system, allowing users to access and customize relevant portions of the interface according to their specific job requirements and authorization levels
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AI summary
A system and method for managing the access of individuals to an information infrastructure is described. The metaphor for the user interface may be “myIntranet”, suggesting that the functions are similar to that of a browser of a client connected to the world-wide-web (WWW) through the Internet. The home page of “myIntranet” may be customized at a plurality of organizational levels within a medical facility, so as to provide rapid access to information that a person needs to perform a particular job responsibility. Each person may have a unique home page, or the home page may be customized, in part, by the user. Other portions of the home page may be customized by the department, the information technology organization, or other user with the appropriate permission. The configuration of the home page is associated with the individual user through a log-on procedure.