Electronic Sticky Note System Role-Based Filtering
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
In electronic medical record systems, numerous electronic sticky notes clutter the screen, leading to oversight and confusion, as they are displayed uniformly to all users regardless of relevance, and changes or deletions can go unnoticed by shared staff members.
Innovation Solution
An electronic sticky note system with a case ID managing unit, document type managing unit, staff ID managing unit, and display condition setting unit limits sticky note display to relevant staff members and documents, allowing collective display settings and notifications of changes or deletions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If electronic sticky notes are displayed uniformly to all users, then all staff members can see all reminders, but the screen becomes cluttered and oversight becomes more likely
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making sticky note visibility role-specific rather than uniform. Each staff member sees only the sticky notes relevant to their job role and assigned cases, creating localized information display quality that matches user needs and reduces screen clutter while maintaining reliability of important reminders.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the display of sticky notes by user role, case assignment, and document type. Instead of a single uniform display for all users, the system divides visibility into segmented groups based on permissions and relevance, reducing overall clutter while ensuring each user sees their specific reminders.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of jobs create sticky notes, then comprehensive coverage of all tasks is achieved, but the number of sticky notes increases excessively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a unified sticky note system that serves multiple job types and departments through a single platform. Rather than having separate reminder systems for each role, one universal system handles all sticky notes with role-based filtering, maintaining comprehensive task coverage while consolidating the total number of visible notes per user.
3Loss of information
If sticky notes are shared among multiple staff members, then information sharing is improved, but changes or deletions can go unnoticed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies feedback by implementing automatic notification mechanisms that inform all relevant staff members when a sticky note is created, modified, or deleted. This feedback loop ensures that shared sticky notes remain reliable and that all users are aware of current information state, preventing loss of information while maintaining good information sharing.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic record management system includes a server and a plurality of electronic record display terminals in electronic communication with the server. Each electronic record display terminal includes a monitor screen. The server stores a list of cases each with an associated case identifier, stores a list of staff members each with an associated staff identifier, and stores documents associated with each case. The server creates an electronic sticky note and a display format of the electronic sticky note. The server electronically communicates with at least one of the electronic record display terminals to cause the monitor screen of the at least one electronic record display terminal to display an electronic record of one of the cases along with the electronic sticky note overlaid over a portion of the electronic record.