Mahlis product
Vitalis Drug Planner
A medicine-planning concept intended to make quantities, schedules and refill periods easier to understand.
Current status: Problem definition and prototype planning
Where the idea began
The idea developed from a practical question: when medicine is prescribed for a defined period, how can a person clearly understand how many doses are needed, when each dose is expected and when the available supply will run out?
A prescription may describe a dose and duration, but the person taking the medicine still has to translate those instructions into a daily routine. That translation becomes harder when several medicines use different schedules.
The problem being explored
- Medicine instructions may be difficult to translate into dates and times.
- People may not know whether the supplied quantity covers the full period.
- Different medicines may have overlapping or conflicting routines.
- Refill timing may not be obvious until the supply is nearly finished.
- Changes to a plan can make an earlier schedule inaccurate.
Proposed planning workflow
- Record the medicine name exactly as shown on the approved instruction.
- Record the quantity available and the quantity used for each scheduled dose.
- Record the approved frequency, start date and intended duration.
- Calculate a proposed schedule and expected supply end date.
- Present the calculation for human review before it is relied upon.
- Record later changes without silently rewriting the original plan.
First prototype scope
Quantity calculation
Compare the available quantity with the quantity required by the documented schedule.
Schedule view
Present dates and times in a clear, readable form without changing the approved medical instruction.
Supply projection
Estimate when the recorded supply will be exhausted if the documented plan remains unchanged.
Change history
Preserve a visible history when a qualified professional changes the instruction.
Safety boundaries
Vitalis Drug Planner must not prescribe medicine, recommend a dose, diagnose a condition or independently change an instruction. It must not present a calculated schedule as clinical authorization.
The source instruction must come from an appropriate healthcare professional or approved medicine label. Unclear, incomplete or conflicting information must be referred back for human review.
The planner is not intended for emergency decisions. Anyone facing an urgent medical concern should contact the appropriate emergency or healthcare service.
Data direction
Early prototypes should use fictional or deliberately prepared test information. Patient information should not be collected until storage, access, retention, deletion, consent and audit boundaries have been formally reviewed.
Where practical, the product should support local operation and minimize the information required to perform a calculation.
What comes next
- Document representative medicine-planning scenarios.
- Define calculation rules and failure conditions.
- Build a test-only prototype using fictional information.
- Review usability with appropriate participants.
- Complete clinical, privacy and regulatory assessment.