MedGlass
Application
Modernizing and streamlining patient records.
MedGlass is the final project of an Interactive Design class during my senior year at RIT. The curriculum for the class was rooted in data visualization, so the final project was to create an application or product that presents real time numerical information. We were tasked with determining the topic, target audience, and output devices on our own, as well as encouraged to think outside the box. Final delieverables included a compiled deck of the full design process and an animated or interactive standalone prototype. I chose to create a solution that would modernize and streamline patient records for the vast amount of data in the healthcare industry.
ROLE
Concept, UI/UX, Prototype
TIMELINE
7 Weeks, Fall 2015
CLIENT
School Project
Process
Trend Research
During this project, I wanted to focus on going beyond swapping pen & paper data records for a digital solution. Electronic Health Records already exist, and while fixing the interface design of these records is beneficial, they also beg for optimization and integration with other forms of technology to bring the entire healthcare system together.
Tackle patient information by digitizing paper records and compiling all medical history in one location that can be easily accessed by each of the patient’s doctors.
Aid physicians in evaluating the patient; assessing all symptoms and making the correct diagnosis as expertly as possible.
Systematize the technology in the hospital to make patient information more readily available.
Users
Doctors, Physicians, Medical Professionals
Use Case Scenarios
Attending gets an alert about the pending arrival of emergency patient.
Needs to learn about patient's history to quickly and properly treat her upon arrival.
Treating the patient upon arrival.
Core Features
Archival
The system acts as an Electronic Health Record at its core. It is an archive of everything the patient has medically experienced in their life.
Cross Platform
The system works across platforms in the hospital to display content on alternate screens or devices.
Assistive
The system has the ability to act as a second set of ears in the room when meeting with a doctor, picking up keywords from the conversation and helping with proper diagnosis.
Streamlined
Overall, the system should make the hospital environment run more efficiently, as well as bridging the gap between multiple practices and hospitals.
You can view the full design process deck here.
Product
Medical ID
Each patient has a specific Medical Identification number and card that the doctor uses to access the patient’s portal in MedGlass.
Real Time Vitals
The doctor has access to the patients vitals in real time without being in the room as them looking at the machine.
Charts
MedGlass tracks the patients vitals information over the entire course of their stay. This helps them to see patterns in heart rate, and monitor body temp and blood pressure.
Orders
The doctor can access any order ever called on the patient. They can be sorted by date, physician, clinical indication, or searched.
Notes
Every trip to see the doctor warrants some sort of record being taken about the visit. The notes section is a portal where every note about every doctor’s visit the patient has ever had is available to the doctor.
Recording
When writing a new note, the doctor can choose to have MedGlass record their conversation with their patient. This allows the database to look over all symptoms and perhaps catch something the doctor may have missed in their evaluation.
