CONFIGURING ACCESSIBILITY SETTINGS FOLLOWING A MEDICAL CHANGE

• US 20160085921A1
• Filed: 12/16/2015
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Farrell, Robert G., Trewin, Sharon M.
• Application Number:
  US14/971,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20160085921A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

In an approach to configuring accessibility settings on an electronic device, a computer receives a first electronic data including at least one medical change made to an electronic medical record corresponding to a user. The computer determines at least one accessibility settings recommendation for an electronic device of the user. The computer receives a unique identifier of the user. The computer sends a second electronic data comprising the at least one accessibility settings recommendation to the electronic device of the user. The computer determines current accessibility settings of the electronic device. The computer calculates a difference between the current accessibility settings and the at least one accessibility settings recommendation. The computer determines whether the difference meets a target value. If the difference does not meet a target value, the computer configures the electronic device with the at least one accessibility settings recommendation. The computer queries the user for acceptance.

Claims

1. A method for configuring accessibility settings on an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computer processors, a first electronic data including at least one medical change made to an electronic medical record corresponding to a user, wherein the electronic medical record is stored on a second computing device, and wherein the at least one medical change includes at least one of;

a medical diagnosis of a medical condition, a temporary physical change, a prescription of a medication with associated side effects, or one or more laboratory test results;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, at least one accessibility settings recommendation for an electronic device of the user, based, at least in part, on the received first electronic data, wherein accessibility settings are any feature of a computing system of an electronic device that allows a modification of a user interface of the computing system and enables a user with a physical limitation to improve an ability to use the electronic device;

receiving, by the one or more computer processors, a unique identifier of the user;

sending, by the one or more computer processors, a second electronic data comprising the at least one accessibility settings recommendation to the electronic device of the user;

determining, by one or more computer processors, current accessibility settings of the electronic device;

calculating, by the one or more computer processors, a difference between the current accessibility settings of the electronic device and the at least one accessibility settings recommendation;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the difference between the current accessibility settings of the electronic device and the at least one accessibility settings recommendation meets a target value;

responsive to determining the difference between current accessibility settings of the electronic device and the at least one accessibility settings recommendation does not meet a target value, configuring, by the one or more computer processors, the electronic device with the at least one accessibility settings recommendation, wherein configuring the electronic device with the at least one accessibility settings recommendation includes configuring incremental changes to the accessibility settings;

responsive to configuring the at least one accessibility settings recommendation, querying, by the one or more computer processors, the user for acceptance of the configuration; and

responsive to receiving an acceptance of the query from the user, maintaining, by the one or more computer processors, the at least one accessibility setting recommendation configuration.