Concept · iOS · Clinical Software

Vitalis reads a patient's whole story in one glance

A real-time monitoring app concept for hospital floors — built so a nurse checking forty rooms can spot the one that needs them in under two seconds, not two screens.

Platform iOS · iPhone
Screens shown Ward overview → Vitals → Alerts → Chart
Palette

The flow

Four screens from the same session: a shift nurse triaging, drilling into one patient, clearing an alert, and leaving a note.

Ward overview01

Every bed, ranked by urgency, not room number.

9:41

Ward 4B · Evening shift

Good evening, Dr. Osei

All · 12 Critical · 1 Monitoring · 3 Stable · 8
EM
Elena Marsh
Room 214 · Critical
128 bpm 89% SpO₂
PN
Priya Nadar
Room 221 · Monitoring
95 bpm 94% SpO₂
SL
Sofia Lindqvist
Room 305 · Recovering
81 bpm 96% SpO₂
DK
David Kwan
Room 208 · Stable
72 bpm 98% SpO₂
Ward
Alerts
Charts
Profile
Vitals detail02

A live waveform, not just a number, for the one metric that matters most.

9:41
EM
Elena Marsh · 67F
Room 214 · Admitted 2d 4h ago
Critical · O₂ desaturating
Heart rate 128 bpm
Blood pressure 148/95
SpO₂ 89%
Temp 38.6°C
Resp. rate 22/min
Heart rate · last 6h avg 104
Ward
Alerts
Charts
Profile
Alert queue03

Sorted by severity and time — the newest critical alert always sits on top.

9:41

Ward 4B

Active alerts

Unresolved · 3 Resolved today · 5
Elena Marsh · 214 2 min ago

SpO₂ dropped below 90% — sustained for 90 seconds.

Acknowledge Open chart
Priya Nadar · 221 14 min ago

Heart rate sustained above 110 bpm for 10 minutes.

Acknowledge
Thomas Reyes · 112 41 min ago

Medication window missed — Metoprolol due at 08:00.

Acknowledge
Ward
Alerts
Charts
Profile
Patient profile04

Notes, medication schedule and a direct line to the family in one tap.

9:41
EM
Elena Marsh
67 · Female · Room 214
Message Call Marcus (son)
Furosemide 20mg Given
Metoprolol 25mg 12:00

Clinical notes

08:12
Dr. Amara Osei
Increased O₂ flow to 4L/min. Reassess SpO₂ in 30 minutes.
06:40
Nurse J. Patel
Patient reports mild chest tightness. Monitoring closely.
03:15
Dr. Amara Osei
Administered furosemide 20mg IV per standing orders.
Ward
Alerts
Charts
Profile

Why rank by urgency, not room number

Most ward apps mirror the whiteboard: a static list in bed order. Vitalis reorders itself continuously, so the bed that needs a nurse in the next ninety seconds is always the first thing they see — no scrolling, no mental triage.

The interface leans dark and glassy on purpose. Clinical dashboards are usually read under dim overnight lighting or glanced at mid-task; a bright white UI fights the room, while a calm near-black surface lets a single vibrant green — or an urgent coral — do all the signalling.

  • Live over staticEvery vital on the detail screen is a waveform or a trend line, never a bare number sitting still.
  • Severity has a shape, not just a colorCritical cards carry a glow and a border, not just red text — so status still reads at a glance in bright light.
  • One tap from data to actionEvery alert and every vitals card sits one tap from acknowledging, calling, or logging a note — no dead ends.