Table 1.
Requirements for First Prototype
| Component | Requirements |
|---|---|
| MFS | (1) Easy to use |
| (2) Same look/feel as current version used at hospitals | |
| (3) Automatic calculation of total score | |
| (4) Responses are exclusive (cannot pick more than one response) | |
| (5) More information for risks | |
| (6) Generate tools (bed poster, plan of care, patient education, aide assignmenta) | |
| Interventions | (1) Scaled-down list |
| (2) Autoselect interventions based on risk responses | |
| (3) Allow for customization (modifying interventions) | |
| Bed poster | (1) Easy to see |
| (2) Customized for each patient | |
| Plan of care | (1) Group risk with interventions and display related icon |
| (2) Patient banner with problem displayed on top | |
| Patient education | (1) Easy to read |
| (2) Tailored based on patient's areas of risk identified with the MFS | |
| Aide assignmenta | (1) Created for nursing assistants |
| (2) List of patients on floor | |
| (3) Tailored interventions with icons listed on assignment sheet |
a
Initially, the design had four tools that were created based on the selected answers in the toolkit: bed poster, plan of care, patient education, and aide assignment. Further discussions with users resulted in eliminating the aide assignment form from the toolkit since the bed poster would serve the same function for the nursing assistants.