Integrated Workflow Service for Real-Time Patient Flow Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic records and static scheduling programs lack real-time transparency and coordination, leading to inefficiencies in communicating workflow changes and managing interdisciplinary teams, as they are not designed to track or anticipate schedule changes and procedural milestones in real-time.
Innovation Solution
A centrally managed workflow service that receives change data from mobile devices, identifies impacted display elements, updates them, and communicates these changes to end-user clients via a network connection, ensuring real-time transparency and coordination across various healthcare systems and devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional techniques (phone calls, manual entries, stand-alone systems) are used to communicate workflow changes, then real-time status changes can be communicated, but communication efficiency is poor and transparency to interdisciplinary teams is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple disparate systems (electronic records, scheduling programs, workflow management) into a single integrated system. This integration allows seamless communication of workflow changes across all modules, eliminating the information silos that caused poor transparency in conventional approaches while maintaining efficient communication channels.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated system provides universal communication capabilities across multiple functions and user roles. A single system serves scheduling, electronic records, and workflow management simultaneously, ensuring all interdisciplinary teams receive consistent real-time updates through a unified interface, thereby improving both transparency and communication efficiency.
2Reliability
If electronic records and static scheduling programs are used, then historic data is documented, but real-time tracking and anticipation of schedule changes are not provided
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms static scheduling programs into dynamic, real-time tracking systems. The integrated architecture continuously updates workflow status across all modules, enabling the system to adapt to schedule changes as they occur rather than relying on historic data alone, thus providing both accurate tracking and real-time responsiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where workflow changes are automatically detected and communicated across all integrated modules. This real-time feedback mechanism ensures that schedule changes are immediately reflected in electronic records and scheduling displays, maintaining reliable tracking while eliminating time delays associated with manual updates.
3Adaptability or versatility
If modular electronic records and scheduling systems are used, then each module can function independently, but coordinated operation and real-time transparency across modules are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple independent modular systems into an integrated architecture that maintains the functional independence of each module while adding coordination capabilities. The integration layer enables real-time data exchange and synchronized updates across modules without requiring changes to their core functionalities, thus preserving adaptability while reducing coordination complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a server, change data from a mobile device; identifying, using a processor, a set of display elements impacted by the change data, wherein said set of display elements comprises display elements of at least two different end user application displays; updating, using the processor, the set of display elements according to the change data; storing, in a memory device, a sequential identification associated with the updated set of display elements; receiving, at the server, a request from an end user client for updated information, wherein the request includes a previous sequential identification; determining, using the processor, a delta representing the difference between the sequential identification and the previous sequential identification; generating, using the processor, a set of updated view components for the end user client based on the delta; and communicating, over a network connection, the set of view components to the end user client. Other embodiments are described and claimed.