Research Article
Design Guidelines of a Context-Aware Notification System for Nursing
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2550, author={Masakazu Miyamae and Futoshi Naya and Tomoji Toriyama and Masako Kanai-Pak and Kiyoshi Kogure}, title={Design Guidelines of a Context-Aware Notification System for Nursing}, proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2008}, month={7}, keywords={Cities and towns Computer errors Displays Guidelines Hospitals Laboratories Medical services Psychology Wearable computers Wearable sensors}, doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2550} }- Masakazu Miyamae
Futoshi Naya
Tomoji Toriyama
Masako Kanai-Pak
Kiyoshi Kogure
Year: 2008
Design Guidelines of a Context-Aware Notification System for Nursing
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2550
Abstract
Providing helpful advice to nurses has great potential for decreasing medical errors. However, a notification without regard to their context may cause a medical error. To reveal the dependency between suitable information display methods and such parameters as nursing duties and the immediacy of advice, an experimental study with simulated patients was conducted in which 38 real nurses wearing an information display device on their wrists were asked to perform several nursing duties. Based on an analysis of questionnaires and the distribution of nurse response times after receiving the notification, we established guidelines for a context-aware notification system for nursing. By developing a system based on these guidelines, the system can safely display advice in a feasible and effective manner.
