Translucent Number Display for Medical Patient List Perceptibility
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical support systems face challenges in providing good visual perceptibility and user accessibility for medical professionals when viewing patient lists, as they cannot accurately recognize the number of undisplayed information items or patient IDs, leading to difficulties in managing busy medical tasks.
Innovation Solution
A medical support apparatus and method that includes a display processor to display the number of undisplayed information items and patient IDs in a translucent form, allowing medical professionals to easily view patient lists with improved visual perceptibility by indicating the number of hidden items and IDs, even when they are not fully displayed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If scroll bars are provided to display undisplayed information items, then the patient list can be viewed with good visual perceptibility, but the number of undisplayed information items or patient IDs cannot be accurately recognized
Solution Approach 1:
A number display area is introduced as an intermediary element between the scroll bars and the undisplayed information. This area displays the count of undisplayed information items and patient IDs, serving as a mediator that provides quantitative information about hidden data without requiring users to scroll through the entire list.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback about the amount of undisplayed information by displaying the number of hidden information items and patient IDs in the number display area. This feedback mechanism allows users to understand how much data is not currently visible without actually scrolling, improving their awareness of the complete data scope.
2Device complexity
If the display area is limited to show only visible information, then the interface remains simple, but medical professionals cannot accurately assess the data amount of undisplayed information
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into distinct functional areas: the main display area for visible information, the number display area for quantifying undisplayed information, and the scroll bars for navigation. This segmentation allows each area to serve its specific purpose without cluttering the overall interface, maintaining simplicity while adding precise measurement capability.
3Productivity
If scroll bars with sliders are used to navigate through patient lists, then information can be accessed, but the time spent on viewing and assessing patient list data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-calculating and displaying the number of undisplayed information items and patient IDs in the number display area. This allows users to immediately understand the scope of hidden data without needing to scroll through the entire list, saving time that would otherwise be spent assessing data volume.
Data Source
AI summary
In a medical support system, a patient list or work list is displayed on a display panel of a client terminal apparatus. An information item number window area and a patient number window area are contained in the patient list. The information item number window area displays a number of items in an undisplayed portion outside an active display area. The patient number window area displays a number of datasets of personal information of patient bodies (number of patient bodies) in the undisplayed portion. A display form of the number window areas is translucent and in achromatic gray, in a tapered triangular shape to point a location of the undisplayed portion. Numbers are indicated in the number window areas. Thus, the patient list can be viewed by a medical professional with good visual perceptibility.