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Universal Access in Health Telematics

A Design Code of Practice

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Constantine Stephanidis

    1. Department of Computer Science, University of Crete,  

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 3041)

Part of the book sub series: Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI (LNISA)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Design for All Methods and Their Application

    1. Chapter 17 Multimodal Interfaces – A Generic Design Approach

      • Noëlle Carbonell
      Pages 209-223

    2. Chapter 18 Role-Adapted Access to Medical Data: Experiences with Model-Based Development

      • Christian Stary
      Pages 224-239

    3. Chapter 19 MedicSCORE and the Evaluation of ClinicCoach

      • Elizabeth Hofvenschiöld, Frank Heidmann
      Pages 240-254

    4. Chapter 20 Standards Adherence and Compliance

      • Elizabeth Hofvenschiöld, Frank Heidmann
      Pages 255-270

    5. Chapter 21 Participatory Insight to Universal Access: Methods and Validation Exercises

      • Michael Pieper, Karl Stroetmann
      Pages 271-296

    6. Chapter 22 IS4ALL Method Base: Choosing Micro-methods and Tailoring to Custom Practices

      • Demosthenes Akoumianakis, Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 297-309

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The Information Society is bringing about radical changes in the way people work and interact with each other and with information. In contrast to previous information processing paradigms, where the vast majority of computer-mediated tasks were business-oriented and executed by office workers using the personal computer in its various forms (i. e. , initially alphanumeric terminals and later on graphical user interfaces), the Information Society signifies a growth not only in the range and scope of the tasks, but also in the way in which they are carried out and experienced. To address the resulting dimensions of diversity, the notion of universal access is critically important. Universal access implies the accessibility and usability of Information Society technologies by anyone, anywhere, anytime. Universal access aims to enable equitable access and active participation of potentially all citizens in existing and emerging computer-mediated human activities by developing universally accessible and usable products and services, which are capable of accommodating individual user requirements in different contexts of use and independently of location, target machine, or run-time environment. In the context of the emerging Information Society, universal access becomes predominantly an issue of design, pointing to the compelling need for devising systematic and cost-effective approaches to designing systems that accommodate the requirements of the widest possible range of end-users. Recent developments have emphasized the need to consolidate progress by means of establishing a common vocabulary and a code of design practice, which addresses the specific challenges posed by universal access.

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  • Department of Computer Science, University of Crete,  

    Constantine Stephanidis

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