Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers

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A Mobile Android-Based Application for In-hospital Glucose Management in Compliance with the Medical Device Directive for Software

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_29,
        author={Stephan Spat and Bernhard H\o{}ll and Peter Beck and Franco Chiarurgi and Vasilis Kontogiannis and Manolis Spanakis and Dimitris Manousos and Thomas Pieber},
        title={A Mobile Android-Based Application for In-hospital Glucose Management in Compliance with the Medical Device Directive for Software},
        proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={decision support diabetes mellitus mobile device hospital medical device directive},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_29}
    }
    
  • Stephan Spat
    Bernhard Höll
    Peter Beck
    Franco Chiarurgi
    Vasilis Kontogiannis
    Manolis Spanakis
    Dimitris Manousos
    Thomas Pieber
    Year: 2012
    A Mobile Android-Based Application for In-hospital Glucose Management in Compliance with the Medical Device Directive for Software
    MOBIHEALTH
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_29
Stephan Spat1,*, Bernhard Höll2,*, Peter Beck1,*, Franco Chiarurgi3,*, Vasilis Kontogiannis3,*, Manolis Spanakis3,*, Dimitris Manousos3,*, Thomas Pieber2,*
  • 1: JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsges.m.b.H.
  • 2: Medical University of Graz
  • 3: Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
*Contact email: stephan.spat@joanneum.at, bernhard.hoell@medunigraz.at, peter.beck@joanneum.at, chiarugi@ics.forth.gr, vasilisk@ics.forth.gr, spanakis@ics.forth.gr, mandim@ics.forth.gr, thomas.pieber@medunigraz.at

Abstract

In healthcare, the distribution of smartphones and tablet PCs running operation systems like Apple iOS or Android, attracts the interest in many application fields. In this paper we present insights into the development process of a Google Android-based tablet PC system, designed for in-hospital glucose management treatment of acute ill patients with type 2 diabetes. The system provides decision support for insulin dosing and falls within the scope of the Medical Device directive for software which came into effect in March 2010. In order to support usability and fulfill the design requirements, according to IEC 62366 standard, we included physicians and nurses in the design process to implement a modular user interface based on established clinical workflows using mockups and functional prototypes. With this approach we provided a solid foundation for validating our system with the demands of the medical device directive.