Considerations for the design of a Web-based clinical monitoring and educational system for elderly patients

Designing a Web system for elderly patients requires attention to the users' functional impairments and inexperience with computers. The authors reviewed published guides for the design of Web-based clinical systems for elderly patients and identified additional design considerations that have...

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Published in:Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2001-09, Vol.8 (5), p.468-472
Main Authors: Demiris, G, Finkelstein, S M, Speedie, S M
Format: Article
Language:English
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Computer Security
Computer User Training
Computer-Assisted Instruction
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Internet
Patient Education as Topic - methods
The Practice of Informatics
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:Designing a Web system for elderly patients requires attention to the users' functional impairments and inexperience with computers. The authors reviewed published guides for the design of Web-based clinical systems for elderly patients and identified additional design considerations that have not been reported in the literature. The resulting recommendations are related to the system interface, the training and support of users, and the content of Web pages. The recommendations can be used as design objectives for Web-based systems for elderly patients, which emphasize system usability and aim to optimize patients' error-free use of these systems.
ISSN:1067-5027
1527-974X
DOI:10.1136/jamia.2001.0080468