INFORMus

Problem

ICU nurses and doctors at UCLH had no unified, real-time view of all patients across a ward. Clinical data — vital signs, oxygen therapy targets, pain assessments — was spread across separate systems, and staff had to move between beds or rely on verbal handover to build a picture of the ward. The gap was particularly acute during safety briefings and ward rounds, where time is short and situational awareness matters most.

Approach

I built INFORMus as a React dashboard centred on an interactive SVG floor plan of the ward. Each bed is mapped to its physical position and shows a live colour-coded status — green when metrics are within target range, red or amber when they require attention. The dashboard integrates with EMAP, UCLH’s electronic medical records system, pulling patient demographics, bed assignments, oxygen saturation levels, FiO2 readings, and pain scores in real time. A rolling 24-hour history allows staff to see trends rather than just point-in-time values. The system was developed iteratively alongside clinical staff across five years, shaped by how the ward actually runs — shift handovers, morning briefings, afternoon rounds, safety huddles.

Outcome

INFORMus has been in active use across UCLH ICU wards since 2020. It reduced the cognitive load of ward oversight by centralising fragmented information into a single view, and became part of the routine workflow for daily safety briefings and clinical rounds. The project ran under a formal honorary contract with UCLH from 2020 to 2025.