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A New Methodology (CON-INFO) for Context-Based Development of a Mobile User Interface in Healthcare Applications

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Pervasive Health

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Mobile technology is an integral part of the modern healthcare environment. In Pervasive Healthcare, the Mobile User interface (MUI) serves as the bridge between the application and the healthcare professional. It is important that the doctor be able to easily express his needs on the MUI and correctly interpret the information displayed. The context-based MUI design methodology developed in this chapter offers a new approach to automated MUI context adaptation. This methodology for designing an adaptable context-dependent MUI for healthcare applications provides a solution that makes essential patient information available to doctors in an easily accessible, clear, and accurate way, and at any time. The quality-in-use of the MUI designed with this methodology is monitored using a new measurement model inspired by the ISO 25010 international standard and adapted to healthcare. The measurement model is validated both theoretically and empirically. The benefits of the proposed methodology for healthcare professionals include improved productivity, performance, and level of satisfaction, as well as increased patient safety, as doctors can access patient information whenever it is needed. The methodology is illustrated on a case study.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

    Reem Alnanih, Olga Ormandjieva & T. Radhakrishnan

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  1. Head Research Unit Human-Computer Interaction for Medicine and Health, IBM Watson Think Group, Institute for Medical Informatics, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

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Alnanih, R., Ormandjieva, O., Radhakrishnan, T. (2014). A New Methodology (CON-INFO) for Context-Based Development of a Mobile User Interface in Healthcare Applications. In: Holzinger, A., Ziefle, M., Röcker, C. (eds) Pervasive Health. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6413-5_13

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