Patient Activity Coordinator Interface for Clinical Workflow Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Clinicians face challenges in managing patient activities due to increased workloads and existing computer-based solutions that overwhelm them with information, requiring them to sift through data and often resort to manual recording, leading to potential medical errors.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface is provided that offers a common view for clinicians to manage patient activities, including scheduled and unscheduled tasks, critical indicators, and notifications, allowing for easy navigation and documentation within the context of their role, with an activities navigator to help complete and prioritize tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If computer-based solutions provide comprehensive patient information and activities, then information completeness is improved, but information overload occurs making it difficult for clinicians to find desired information
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into distinct functional areas: a patient list region showing summaries of multiple patients, and a detailed patient information region that displays comprehensive data when a patient is selected. This segmentation allows clinicians to view only the information relevant to their current task without being overwhelmed by all available data.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the interface provide different levels of information detail appropriate to their function. The patient list region provides high-level summaries with critical indicators, while the detailed region provides comprehensive information. This local quality ensures that information is presented at the appropriate level of detail for each context.
2Reliability
If clinicians review all patient activities and information, then completeness of care is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-organizes and pre-presents information in a structured format with critical indicators prominently displayed in the patient list. When a patient is selected, their activities are already organized by type and status, eliminating the need for clinicians to search through unorganized data and reducing time consumption while maintaining care completeness.
3Ease of operation
If clinicians use manual recording methods, then information accessibility is improved, but medical errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages the organization, presentation, and tracking of patient activities without requiring manual intervention. The interface self-updates based on clinician actions, automatically recording completed activities and maintaining accurate patient information, thereby providing easy accessibility while eliminating errors associated with manual recording.
4Loss of information
If multiple applications are used to access patient information, then information comprehensiveness is improved, but workflow continuity is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple functions that were previously distributed across separate applications into a single integrated interface. Clinicians can view patient lists, access detailed information, manage activities, and document care all within one application, maintaining information comprehensiveness while ensuring workflow continuity by eliminating the need to switch between applications.
Data Source
AI summary
Management of patient activities for a clinician is described herein. A patient activity list provides a common view of activities for patients assigned to a clinician for a given time period, such as a shift. The patient activity list provides a simplified view with critical indicators providing critical patient information. Patient activities may include ad hoc activities and scheduled activities presented in a timeline view based on the scheduled time period for each respective activity. Only activities relevant to the clinicians role are included and each activity is represented as a graphical icon representative of the type of activity. The patient activity list is fully navigable to allow the clinician to access further information and complete activities within context of the clinician's activities.