Research Article
User-centered development of a pervasive healthcare application
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361650, author={Andreas Butz and Antonio Kruger}, title={User-centered development of a pervasive healthcare application}, proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2007}, month={5}, keywords={Consumer electronics Costs Documentation Hospitals Information systems Medical diagnosis Medical diagnostic imaging Medical services Medical treatment Usability}, doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361650} }- Andreas Butz
Antonio Kruger
Year: 2007
User-centered development of a pervasive healthcare application
PERVASIVEHEALTH
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361650
Abstract
We describe the user-centered development process of MARiS, a PDA-based mobile frontend to a hospital information system. It allows mobile access to patient records, and the documentation of diagnoses and treatments as they happen. While similar applications have been studied in research contexts, we developed a system which was tested with a considerable user base and which is currently in productive use in several German hospitals. For the system to become successful, we embraced a user-centered design approach. In this paper we discuss, how the initial system design was derived from user requirements and studies of the application environment, and how continuous feedback from daily use continually caused the initial design to evolve and eventually stabilize to what now is a successful commercial product.