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A Mobile Nursing Information System Based on Human-Computer Interaction Design for Improving Quality of Nursing

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A conventional Nursing Information System (NIS), which supports the role of nurse in some areas, is typically deployed as an immobile system. However, the traditional information system can’t response to patients’ conditions in real-time, causing delays on the availability of this information. With the advances of information technology, mobile devices are increasingly being used to extend the human mind’s limited capacity to recall and process large numbers of relevant variables and to support information management, general administration, and clinical practice. Unfortunately, there have been few studies about the combination of a well-designed small-screen interface with a personal digital assistant (PDA) in clinical nursing. Some researchers found that user interface design is an important factor in determining the usability and potential use of a mobile system. Therefore, this study proposed a systematic approach to the development of a mobile nursing information system (MNIS) based on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (M-HCI) for use in clinical nursing. The system combines principles of small-screen interface design with user-specified requirements. In addition, the iconic functions were designed with metaphor concept that will help users learn the system more quickly with less working-memory. An experiment involving learnability testing, thinking aloud and a questionnaire investigation was conducted for evaluating the effect of MNIS on PDA. The results show that the proposed MNIS is good on learning and higher satisfaction on symbol investigation, terminology and system information.

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    Kuo-Wei Su

  2. Department of Management and Information Technology, Vanung University, No. 1 Vannung Rd., Chungli, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 320, Republic of China

    Cheng-Li Liu

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Su, KW., Liu, CL. A Mobile Nursing Information System Based on Human-Computer Interaction Design for Improving Quality of Nursing. J Med Syst 36, 1139–1153 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-010-9576-y

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