User interface considerations for collecting data at the point of care in the tablet PC computing environment

Collecting clinical data directly from clinicians is a challenge. Many standard development environments designed to expedite the creation of user interfaces for electronic healthcare applications do not provide acceptable components for satisfying the requirements for collecting and displaying clin...

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Published in:AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings 2006, Vol.2006, p.1096-1096
Main Authors: Silvey, Garry M, Lobach, David F, Macri, Jennifer M, Hunt, Megan, Kacmaz, Roje O, Lee, Paul P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computers, Handheld
Data Collection
Data Display
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Point-of-Care Systems
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:Collecting clinical data directly from clinicians is a challenge. Many standard development environments designed to expedite the creation of user interfaces for electronic healthcare applications do not provide acceptable components for satisfying the requirements for collecting and displaying clinical data at the point of care on the tablet computer. Through an iterative design and testing approach using think-aloud sessions in the eye care setting, we were able to identify and resolve several user interface issues. Issues that we discovered and subsequently resolved included checkboxes that were too small to be selectable with a stylus, radio buttons that could not be unselected, and font sizes that were too small to be read at arm's length.
ISSN:1559-4076