Designing Pervasive Computing for Hospitals: Learning from the Media Affordances of Paper-Based Medication Charts

Yngve  Dahl; Dag  Svanaes; Oystein  Nytro

1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Designing Pervasive Computing for Hospitals: Learning from the Media Affordances of Paper-Based Medication Charts

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    author={Yngve  Dahl and Dag  Svanaes and Oystein  Nytro},
    title={Designing Pervasive Computing for Hospitals: Learning from the Media Affordances of Paper-Based Medication Charts},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2007},
    month={5},
    keywords={Affordances Interaction design Pervasive computing Point-of-care systems User interfaces.},
    doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361673}
}

Yngve Dahl
Dag Svanaes
Oystein Nytro
Year: 2007
Designing Pervasive Computing for Hospitals: Learning from the Media Affordances of Paper-Based Medication Charts
PERVASIVEHEALTH
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361673

Yngve Dahl¹^,*, Dag Svanaes¹, Oystein Nytro¹

1: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of A fodne n osrit Computer and Information Science, Sem Saelandsvei 7-9, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway. Phone: ±4773591453.

*Contact email: yngveda@idi.ntnu.no

Abstract

The current article investigates the affordances associated with paper out of the motivation that this can help inform design of pervasive and ubiquitous computing solutions for clinical use. In particular, we focus on paper-based medication charts, and discuss how these artifacts differ from various digital and context-aware solutions both in terms of media properties and functionalities. Based on a comparison of media, we argue that the affordances offered by the paper-based medication charts are not fully transferable to one digital medium, but that a combination of complementary digital media is required.

Keywords: Affordances Interaction design Pervasive computing Point-of-care systems User interfaces.

Published: 2007-05-21
Modified: 2011-11-07

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361673

Designing Pervasive Computing for Hospitals: Learning from the Media Affordances of Paper-Based Medication Charts

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