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Care Team Dashboard

Comprehensive team collaboration platform for coordinating care, managing workloads, communicating, and scheduling across healthcare team members.

Overview

The Care Team Dashboard is a multi-functional collaboration hub designed for healthcare teams. It provides real-time team status, task management, patient assignments, risk monitoring, internal messaging, calendar scheduling, and team settings. The dashboard uses a tabbed interface to organize different aspects of team coordination.

Features

Header Section

  • Live clock display
  • Global search across team, tasks, and messages
  • Team online status indicator
  • Pending tasks counter
  • Notifications dropdown
  • Quick actions button

Tab Navigation

Six main tabs with keyboard shortcuts (⌘1-6):
  1. Dashboard Tab
    • Welcome banner with daily summary
    • Quick stats with sparkline trends
    • Team status panel with filters
    • Priority tasks panel (List/Board views)
    • Activity feed
    • Shift schedule overview
  2. Patients Tab
    • Assigned patients by team member
    • Patient workload distribution
    • Quick patient actions
    • Assignment management
  3. Risk Tab
    • Team’s high-risk patients
    • Risk interventions tracking
    • Escalation management
    • Risk trend monitoring
  4. Messages Tab
    • Team channels
    • Direct messages
    • Channel creation
    • Message search
  5. Calendar Tab
    • Team schedule view
    • Shift management
    • Time-off requests
    • Event creation
  6. Settings Tab
    • Team preferences
    • Notification settings
    • Role management
    • Integration settings

Team Status Panel

  • Real-time member status (Available, Busy, Offline)
  • Workload indicators with progress bars
  • Role-based avatars
  • Quick message action
  • Filter by status

Task Management

  • List View: Priority-sorted task list with checkboxes
  • Board View: Kanban-style columns by priority
  • Task details (patient, assignee, due date)
  • Overdue highlighting
  • Quick task creation

Activity Feed

  • Real-time team activity stream
  • Activity types (tasks, messages, shifts, patients, alerts)
  • Timestamp display
  • User attribution

Notifications System

  • Unread notification badge
  • Notification dropdown
  • Mark all as read
  • Notification categories

Use Cases

UC-CT-001: Morning Team Huddle

Actor: Care Team Lead
Description: Team lead reviews team status for morning huddle.
Flow:
  1. Lead opens Care Team Dashboard
  2. Reviews team online status
  3. Checks pending tasks count
  4. Reviews high-priority tasks
  5. Notes any critical patient alerts
  6. Conducts team huddle with information

UC-CT-002: Assign Task to Team Member

Actor: Healthcare Provider
Description: Provider assigns a patient task to team member.
Flow:
  1. Provider clicks “Quick Task” button
  2. Enters task details
  3. Selects patient
  4. Assigns to team member
  5. Sets priority and due date
  6. Creates task
  7. Assignee receives notification

UC-CT-003: Review Team Workload

Actor: Care Team Lead
Description: Lead reviews and balances team workload.
Flow:
  1. Lead views Team Status panel
  2. Reviews workload percentages
  3. Identifies overloaded members
  4. Navigates to Patients tab
  5. Reassigns patients as needed
  6. Workload rebalances

UC-CT-004: Team Communication

Actor: Healthcare Provider
Description: Provider sends message to team channel.
Flow:
  1. Provider navigates to Messages tab
  2. Selects team channel
  3. Types message
  4. Sends to channel
  5. Team members receive notification

UC-CT-005: Schedule Management

Actor: Care Team Lead
Description: Lead manages team shift schedule.
Flow:
  1. Lead navigates to Calendar tab
  2. Views current shift schedule
  3. Reviews time-off requests
  4. Adjusts shifts as needed
  5. Publishes updated schedule
  6. Team members notified

User Stories

US-CT-001

As a care team member
I want to see my team’s status
So that I know who’s available for collaboration
Acceptance Criteria:
  • Team members listed with status
  • Status updates in real-time
  • Quick message action available
  • Workload visible for each member

US-CT-002

As a care team member
I want to manage my tasks
So that I can track my work
Acceptance Criteria:
  • Tasks show priority and due date
  • Tasks can be marked complete
  • Overdue tasks are highlighted
  • Tasks can be filtered and sorted

US-CT-003

As a care team lead
I want to monitor team workload
So that I can balance assignments
Acceptance Criteria:
  • Workload percentage shown
  • Visual indicators for overload
  • Patient counts per member
  • Reassignment is easy

US-CT-004

As a care team member
I want to communicate with my team
So that I can coordinate care
Acceptance Criteria:
  • Team channels available
  • Direct messaging supported
  • Unread indicators shown
  • Search across messages

US-CT-005

As a care team member
I want to view team schedule
So that I know shift coverage
Acceptance Criteria:
  • Calendar shows all shifts
  • My shifts are highlighted
  • Time-off requests visible
  • Schedule changes notified

Component Dependencies

CareTeamDashboardComponent
├── TeamStatusPanelComponent
├── TasksPanelComponent
│   ├── TaskListViewComponent
│   └── TaskBoardViewComponent
├── ActivityFeedComponent
├── PatientsTabComponent
├── RiskTabComponent
├── MessagesTabComponent
│   └── ChannelListComponent
├── CalendarTabComponent
│   └── ShiftScheduleComponent
├── SettingsTabComponent
└── NotificationsDropdownComponent

Data Flow

┌─────────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
│CareTeamService  │────▶│                  │
└─────────────────┘     │                  │
         │              │   CareTeam       │
         │              │   Dashboard      │
         ▼              │                  │
┌─────────────────┐     │                  │
│  WebSocket      │────▶│                  │
│  (Real-time)    │     └────────┬─────────┘
└─────────────────┘              │
                        ┌────────┼────────┐
                        │        │        │
                        ▼        ▼        ▼
                 ┌──────────┐ ┌─────┐ ┌────────┐
                 │TeamStatus│ │Tasks│ │Calendar│
                 └──────────┘ └─────┘ └────────┘

Technical Notes

  • Real-time updates via WebSocket for team status
  • Keyboard shortcuts for tab navigation (⌘1-6)
  • View mode toggle (Grid/List) persists in session
  • Task board supports drag-and-drop
  • Calendar integrates with external calendar systems
  • Notifications use browser notification API
  • Mobile-responsive for on-the-go access
  • Role-based access controls for settings