Designing an optimized user interface (UI) for BBS is one of the highest impact levers in EMR functionality. When done well, it reduces cognitive load, prevents errors, accelerates workflows and creates a calmer, safer environment for fertility teams.
1. Calm, Load-Reducing design:
- Light ambient space + limited color to alerts
- Intuitive icons + hints
- Consistent layout across modules
2. High Clarity visuals for High-Risk tasks. ART precision work reflected in BBS:
- Large, high contrast identifiers for patient, partner, donors, gametes + embryos
- Witnessing prompts embedded inside the workflow, not as pop ups
- Dish layout visualizer + color-coded dispositions
- Barcode/QR scanning integrated into every critical step
3. Error Proofing + Safety layers. BBS forms behave like an aviation cockpit with safety features:
- Soft stops for missing consents, mismatched IDs, or incomplete witnessing
- Automatic alerts for expired lab tests, administrative warnings and allergies
- Double confirmation for embryo disposition decisions
- Audit trail that is readable, not cryptic
4. Real Time clinical graphs. Fertility clinicians rely on trends, not raw numbers. Essential visualizations:
- Follicle diameter + volume curves (color coded)
- E2 trend graphs
5. Lab Clinic synchronization layer:
- Embryo availability instant view
- ET decisions sync back to the lab in real time
- PGT results auto populate in cryo
6. Role Adaptive dashboards. Each user sees only what they need:
a. Embryologist dashboards:
- Cycle day driven tasks
- Visual embryo timeline (color coded dispositions)
b. Nurse/Coordinator dashboards:
- Cycle overview: stimulation, monitoring, trigger timing, OPU/ET scheduling
- Automated alerts (color coded)
c. Physician dashboards:
- Patients view on demand: AFC, AMH, stimulation progress, follicle growth curves
- Decision support: trigger readiness, dose adjustments and e-signatures
7. Workflow First navigation. Fertility care being sequential, BBS UI mirrors that with a horizontal cycle flow ribbon:
History → Baseline → Stimulation → OPU → Culture → ET → Pregnancy
Each stage expands into its tasks: reduce clicks, prevent missed steps and align workflow
8. Communication within the UI (patient app). No more switching between tools:
- Synced patient appointments + boarding pass
- Templates for stimulation updates + instructions
- Secure messaging with read receipts
- Traced document sharing from the point of care + push notifications
BBS evolved into a modern fertility UI that is clean, intuitive and workflow driven, guiding fertility teams through each step of the ART journey with minimal clicks + maximum clarity. It highlights universal cycle data through crisp visualizations, uses smart forms, templates and automated checks to prevent errors, adapting to each role with focused dashboards.
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