Colorado Care Tablet: The design of an interoperable Personal Health Application to help older adults with multimorbidity manage their medications

Medication errors are common and cause serious health issues during care transitions, particularly for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. In this paper, we discuss the design and evaluation of the Colorado Care Tablet, a Personal Health Application (PHA) that helps older adults and their...

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Published in:Journal of biomedical informatics 2010-10, Vol.43 (5), p.S22-S26
Main Authors: Siek, Katie A., Ross, Stephen E., Khan, Danish U., Haverhals, Leah M., Cali, Steven R., Meyers, Jane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitude to Computers
Data Collection - instrumentation
Electronic Health Records
Health Records, Personal
Humans
Medical Informatics Applications
Medication management
Medication Therapy Management
Middle Aged
Older adults
Participatory design
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Personal Health Records
User interface design
User-centered approach
User-Computer Interface
Wireless Technology
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Summary:Medication errors are common and cause serious health issues during care transitions, particularly for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. In this paper, we discuss the design and evaluation of the Colorado Care Tablet, a Personal Health Application (PHA) that helps older adults and their lay caregivers manage their medication regimes during care transitions. We created a PHA that older adults with limited computing experience could easily use by designing an application based on their real world artifacts and workflows.
ISSN:1532-0464
1532-0480
DOI:10.1016/j.jbi.2010.05.007