Multi-Display Rounding Support Structure for Synchronized EHR Review
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) contribute to medical errors during inter-professional patient rounds in ICU settings due to data fragmentation, varying user interfaces, and cognitive biases, exacerbated by the high acuity and complexity of patient care, leading to communication issues among healthcare professionals.
Innovation Solution
A multi-workstation computer display support structure that provides a central, adjustable, and synchronized platform for real-time viewing of patient data, reducing cognitive biases by ensuring medically appropriate, non-fragmented, and temporally relevant data is accessible to all rounding professionals, using a method that includes a workflow engine and customizable rounding protocols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple professionals use individual EHR workstations during patient rounds, then each professional can access data independently, but data fragmentation and communication barriers occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual EHR workstations into a single integrated multi-workstation display system. The unified display structure allows all healthcare professionals to view the same patient data simultaneously on a shared screen, eliminating data fragmentation while maintaining independent access capabilities through multiple user interfaces on the same physical platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from individual isolated workstations to a multi-dimensional shared display environment. By adding the spatial dimension of a large shared screen that accommodates multiple users simultaneously, the system enables comprehensive data visibility without requiring separate physical devices for each professional.
2Reliability
If standardized rounding tools are implemented, then communication consistency improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal multi-workstation display system that serves multiple functions: it acts as a standardized rounding tool, a communication platform, a data visualization interface, and a collaborative workspace. This single standardized device replaces multiple specialized tools, improving communication consistency without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Reliability
If real-time synchronized data viewing is implemented, then medical errors are reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized control system that acts as an intermediary between multiple users and the EHR data source. This mediator manages real-time data synchronization, coordinates updates across all user interfaces, and ensures data consistency without requiring complex synchronization protocols at each individual workstation.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple video displays are mounted on the support structure, then simultaneous data viewing is enabled, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display system into modular segments, with each video display mounted on an independent adjustable bracket that can be positioned and configured separately. This segmentation allows each display unit to be manufactured and tested independently, then assembled into the complete multi-display structure, reducing overall manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamically adjustable mounting mechanisms for each video display, allowing the position, angle, and orientation of each screen to be modified after assembly. This dynamic adjustability enables flexible configuration for different user needs without requiring complex custom manufacturing for each specific arrangement.
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AI summary
A method using a specially configured computer display support structure reduces occurrences of medical errors by facilitating real-time, synchronous review of medical data by rounding professionals during patient rounds. The support structure includes an upright column assembly that has a column assembly base and six sides. Mounting brackets fixed to non-contiguous sides of the column assembly receive back plates of a system device mounting assembly, each of which includes a pivot arm that receives a system device arm. The system device arm is pivotable at opposing ends and terminates in a coupling member at its distal end. The coupling member is connected to a video display that has an angularly positionable display screen. In some embodiments, a keyboard tray, on which a keyboard and computer mouse rest, is connected to the coupling member.