Automated Surgical Nurse Assignment Scoring System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual management of surgical nurse assignments in operating rooms often leads to missing information, resulting in inexperienced nurses being assigned to surgeries, which can disrupt the surgical process.
Innovation Solution
A method that receives and processes surgical information to determine a score for medical personnel based on their on-duty records, including the number and duration of surgeries participated in, and provides a ranked list of suitable nurses for assignment, considering weighted values and additional information like location and evaluation feedback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If manual management of surgical nurse assignments is used, then flexibility and simplicity are maintained, but information completeness and assignment accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical management system with an automated information processing system that collects, stores, and analyzes surgical nurse data electronically. This substitution eliminates information loss inherent in manual tracking while managing complexity through standardized data structures and automated processing algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and maintains digital copies of surgical nurse records, including participation history, skill profiles, and performance data. These copies enable comprehensive information retrieval and analysis without the errors and omissions that occur in manual record-keeping, while the structured copy format manages information complexity.
2Measurement precision
If assignment is based on specific person's experience, then subjective judgment is applied, but objectivity and consistency of assignment deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms subjective assignment decisions into objective measurements by defining specific parameters such as number of surgeries participated, duration of participation, and skill match scores. These quantifiable parameters enable precise measurement of nurse suitability while the structured parameter framework manages the complexity of the scoring system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where assignment outcomes and surgical performance data are continuously collected and used to refine the scoring algorithm. This feedback mechanism improves assignment accuracy over time while the automated feedback processing manages the complexity of maintaining and updating the scoring system.
3Reliability
If comprehensive on-duty records are collected and analyzed, then assignment quality improves, but data processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously collecting and pre-processing surgical nurse data during normal operations, maintaining updated records of participation history and skills. This preliminary data preparation enables rapid, reliable assignment decisions without time-consuming processing when assignments are needed, as the data is already organized and ready for analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic data processing where the level of analysis and computational resources applied adapts to the specific assignment context. For routine assignments, simplified scoring is used, while complex cases receive more comprehensive analysis. This dynamic approach maintains high reliability while optimizing processing time and resource utilization.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of providing information on medical personnel may be provided. The method according to an embodiment may include: receiving surgical information including information on a medical treatment department performing a surgery, information on an operating surgeon, surgical category information, and surgical code information; determining a score for each item that constitutes the surgical information on medical personnel on the basis of information on on-duty records of the medical personnel; determining a medical personnel score corresponding to the surgical information on the basis of a weighted value corresponding to the score for the each item; and providing information on the medical personnel that includes the medical personnel score.