Best way to present data on iPhone

Question

All,
I have the following data:
Vital Signs | date 1 | date 2 | date 3
Weight | 200lbs | ... | 210lbs
Temperature | 97.3 | ... | ....
if the data looks like that, in your opinion, what's the best way to put it for viewing on the iphone???
Here's what Im thinking:
Vitals
Weight
Date 1 201 lbs
Date 2 ....
Date 3 210 lbs...
Temperature
Date 1 97.3
Date 2 ...
Date 3 ....
AS you can see, that's going to be a HUGE table view in the iphone.... what do you think about it???
thanks !!

Answer 1

Any of KT's suggestions would give you a killer presentation. However I don't know how to program any of them without either a major upgrade of my skills or a 3rd party library. So I might consider some lo-tech solutions as well.
Customers who grew up on spreadsheets might be quite happy to scan data in that format, so you might consider making a spreadsheet that could be scrolled horizontally or paged (like the PageControl sample app. If you could fit at least 3 date columns on each page, the user could see a number of the most recent vitals as soon as the first screen comes up.
Another lo-tech approach would be a drill down table view. This would be a little different from a spread sheet, but has the advantage of being one of the most common, standard iPhone UI's. For example, every cell in the first screen might show the name of the vital and 2 or 3 dates. Then a touch on that cell would bring up a table showing the entire history for that vital on separate lines.
I assume the key is to present the most important data on the first screen, preferably without any need to scroll vertically. A don't know what a doctor or nurse looks at first, but if it's less that 10 or 12 vitals, those should be visible along with as many of the most recent values that will fit. Guess you don't need me to tell you that, but I have a knack for the obvious and sometimes
writing it down can be useful.
I think any of KT's suggestions will give you much better sales right outta the gate. I've found that doctors (especially the male variety) will go for a flashy UI as often or more often than anyone else. But if you want to get something in the store asap, you might consider a lo-tech version 1, followed by a knock-ur-socks-off version 2.
Hope that helps!
\- Ray