Metadata-Driven Clinical Workflow Configuration System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current clinical workflow systems in healthcare are not standardized, leading to variability in implementation, are cumbersome to modify, and require significant resources for customization, resulting in inefficient and non-uniform healthcare services.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system and method that allows for the definition, customization, and dynamic generation of clinical workflows based on patient parameters, using a server-end to translate workflow information into machine-readable metadata and synchronize it with client devices, enabling interactive user interface screens without the need for redeployment or extensive software development.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If clinical workflows are standardized and deployed through IT systems, then uniformity and reliability of healthcare services are improved, but adaptability to customize workflows for different facilities and patient needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs dynamic workflow configuration where workflows are not fixed but can be modified in real-time based on patient parameters and facility-specific needs. The metadata-driven architecture allows workflows to adapt dynamically without requiring system reconfiguration or redeployment, thus maintaining both uniformity through standardization and adaptability through customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by storing workflow definitions as metadata that can be modified through configuration files. This allows the system to maintain standardized core workflows while enabling customization through parameter adjustments without affecting the underlying system architecture or requiring complex software modifications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If clinical workflows are made customizable and modifiable after deployment, then adaptability to different healthcare facilities is improved, but device complexity and difficulty of modification worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The workflow system is segmented into modular components where each workflow is defined as separate metadata that can be independently configured, stored, and modified. This segmentation allows complex customization needs to be broken down into manageable, independent workflow definitions that can be configured without affecting other parts of the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces metadata as an intermediary layer between the core IT system and the workflow configurations. This intermediary allows customization and modification of workflows without directly impacting the system's core architecture, thereby reducing complexity while maintaining adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If extensive customization of workflows is enabled, then adaptability to specific needs is improved, but loss of time for configuration and deployment worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-defining workflow templates and structures in metadata format before actual deployment. This allows workflows to be prepared in advance with standard configurations, reducing the time required for configuration and deployment when the system is actually implemented in healthcare facilities.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for defining clinical workflows is provided. The computer-implemented comprises receiving, at a server-end, information related to one or more clinical workflows. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating the received information into a machine readable language, wherein the received information is translated by splitting the received information into one or more structural components and translating each of the one or more structural components. Furthermore, the computer-implemented method comprises storing the translated information as metadata. Also, the computer-implemented method comprises synchronizing the stored metadata with one or more client devices to define the one or more clinical workflows in the one or more client devices, wherein the one or more defined clinical workflows are dynamically customized based on one or more patient parameters.