Methodology to visualize electronic health record for chronic diseases on small display screens

  • Authors:

  • Soubhik Paul;Jayanta Mukhopadhyay;A. K. Majumdar;Bandana Majumdar;S. Das Bhattacharya

  • Affiliations:

  • Samsung India Software Operations Bangalore, India;Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India;Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India;Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India;Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In recent years, handheld devices have shown great impact in improving the quality of care by offering anytime, anywhere access to clinical information and at the same time by providing data capture facility in limited infrastructure. To see such potential of handheld devices in healthcare, an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system with mobile interface has been developed for managing chronic diseases such as pediatric HIV. In the first phase of the work the authors have developed the desktop version of the system and herein a mobile interface has been introduced to the system. The paper discusses the limitation of viewing patient data using the same display interface as desktop and how the proposed fragmentation methods solve the problem. The paper also presents display techniques of medical images along with zooming and marking facility on a small display terminal. The system facilitates a data entry interface using which the doctors can capture data through mobile devices. The EHR system installed and being used at Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal, India under a pilot project.