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Universal Access in Health Telematics

A Design Code of Practice

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. Front Matter

  2. Universal Access in Health Telematics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Chapter 1 Universal Access

      • Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 3-8
    3. Chapter 3 Towards a Universal Access Code of Practice in Health Telematics

      • Demosthenes Akoumianakis, Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 17-35
  3. Reference Scenarios

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
    2. Chapter 4 The HYGEIAnet Reference Scenario

      • Demosthenes Akoumianakis, Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 39-45
    3. Chapter 5 The SPERIGEST Integrated System

      • Pier Luigi Emiliani, Laura Burzagli
      Pages 46-55
    4. Chapter 7 The ClinicCoach Reference Scenario

      • Elizabeth Hofvenschiöld, Frank Heidmann
      Pages 64-68
    5. Chapter 8 WardInHand – Mobile Access to EPRs

      • Salvatore Virtuoso
      Pages 69-76
    6. Chapter 9 Patients and EHRs Tele Home Monitoring Reference Scenario

      • Michael Pieper, Karl Stroetmann
      Pages 77-87
    7. Chapter 10 MediBRIDGE / C-CARE: Remote Access to EPRs

      • Georges De Moor, Louis Schilders
      Pages 88-96
  4. Design for All Methods and Their Application

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. Chapter 11 The Universal Access Assessment Workshop (UA2W) Method

      • Demosthenes Akoumianakis, Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 99-114
    3. Chapter 12 Applying the Unified User Interface Design Method in Health Telematics

      • Anthony Savidis, Margherita Antona, Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 115-140
    4. Chapter 13 Using Non-functional Requirements as Design Drivers for Universal Access

      • Demosthenes Akoumianakis, Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 141-155
    5. Chapter 14 Screening Models and Growth Scenarios

      • Demosthenes Akoumianakis, Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 156-174
    6. Chapter 15 W3C-WAI Content Accessibility Auditing

      • Pier Luigi Emiliani, Laura Burzagli
      Pages 175-196
    7. Chapter 16 Usability Inspection of the WardInHand Prototype

      • Panagiotis Karampelas, Demosthenes Akoumianakis, Constantine Stephanidis
      Pages 197-208

About this book

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.

Keywords

  • Bridge
  • Electronic Health Record
  • Monitor
  • assistive technology
  • electronic health
  • electronic health records
  • health informatics
  • health telematics
  • human-centered design
  • information society
  • is4all
  • medical informatics
  • telemedicine
  • universal access
  • user-centered design

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Crete,  

    Constantine Stephanidis

Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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