Multi-action Button for Mobile Clinician Alert Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile devices lack the ability to effectively track and manage patient medical information during voice communications, leading to confusion and inefficiencies in healthcare settings, particularly when receiving alerts that require timely acknowledgment and additional actions.
Innovation Solution
A multi-action button is introduced on mobile devices for clinicians, which corresponds to alerts and their roles, allowing for streamlined acknowledgment and escalation of alerts through integrated actions such as calling or texting other clinicians, improving response times and workflow efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple option buttons are displayed on the mobile device screen to handle alert actions, then the device can provide multiple functions for alert management, but the display becomes cluttered and causes confusion
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate action buttons for alert management are merged into a single multi-action button interface. When a clinician selects an alert, a unified button appears that can perform multiple actions (acknowledge, escalate, dismiss) based on the alert type and clinician role, eliminating the need for multiple cluttered option buttons while maintaining full functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple option buttons are displayed to provide different alert actions, then the device can handle various alert scenarios, but the clinician loses time pondering the correct action
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures the multi-action button with context-aware actions based on the alert type, patient acuity, and clinician role before the clinician needs to respond. When an alert is selected, the button immediately presents the appropriate actions that should be taken, eliminating the need for clinicians to ponder or search for the correct action among multiple options.
3Device complexity
If traditional mobile devices are used without integrated alert tracking, then the device structure remains simple, but the ability to track and document voice communications and alert content is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device is enhanced with integrated functionality that allows a single device to serve multiple purposes: receiving clinical alerts, tracking voice communications, documenting alert content, and managing alert responses. The multi-action button system acts as a universal interface that coordinates these functions without requiring separate specialized devices.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a multi-action button for mobile devices are provided. Alerts are received and multi-action buttons are determined corresponding to the alerts and clinicians associated with mobile devices. The multi-action buttons are displayed on the mobile devices.