Nurse Call System with Segmented Status Board Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Nurse call systems in healthcare facilities face challenges in efficiently providing caregivers with the right balance of information, as excessive data can overwhelm them, reducing productivity, and existing systems require extra steps to retrieve desired information.
Innovation Solution
A healthcare information system with a nurse call computer and status board computer that displays nurse calls, bed status, staff location, and room status on a single screen, including graphical indicia, safety alert history, and history screens for bed usage modes, connected via network switches or PoE switches, allowing for quick access to essential information without overwhelming caregivers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If more information is provided to caregivers through nurse call systems, then caregiver awareness and monitoring capability improve, but caregiver productivity decreases due to information overload
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments information display across two separate interfaces: a status board computer displaying aggregated bed status data for multiple patients, and a nurse call computer displaying detailed nurse call information. This segmentation allows caregivers to access comprehensive information without being overwhelmed by all details simultaneously, maintaining productivity while preventing information loss.
2Ease of operation
If additional display screens and computers are added to the system, then information accessibility improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The status board computer and nurse call computer serve multiple functions within the healthcare facility. The status board computer displays bed status, patient information, and room status data, while also serving as a central hub for the nurse call system. The nurse call computer handles both nurse call notifications and detailed patient information display. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated devices for each function, managing system complexity while improving information accessibility.
3Reliability
If caregivers must take extra steps to retrieve information, then system security and data protection improve, but caregiver efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The status board computer preliminarily displays aggregated bed status data, patient information, and room status in an easily accessible format before caregivers need to access detailed information through the nurse call computer. This preliminary display of essential information allows caregivers to quickly assess situations without taking extra steps, improving efficiency while maintaining data protection through the structured information hierarchy.
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AI summary
A healthcare information system for use in a healthcare facility having patient beds in a plurality of patient rooms is provided. The healthcare information system has a nurse call computer which is located at a nurse's station and which is configured to receive nurse calls and/or safety alerts originating from the patient rooms. The healthcare information system has a status board computer which is also located at the nurse's station and which is operable to display, for more than one patient, information regarding the patient, staff location, bed data, and room status.