User-centered design of a mobile medication management.
Inform Health Soc Care
; 44(2): 152-163, 2019.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29504838
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The use of a nationwide medication plan has been promoted as an effective strategy to improve patient safety in Germany. However, the medication plan only exists as a paper-based version, which is related to several problems, that could be circumvented by an electronic alternative.OBJECTIVE:
The main objective of this study was to report on the development of a mobile interface concept to support the management of medication information.METHODS:
The human-centered design (UCD) process was chosen. First the context of use was analyzed, and personas and an interaction concept were designed. Next, a paper prototype was developed and evaluated by experts. Based on those results, a medium-fidelity prototype was created and assessed by seven end-users who performed a thinking-aloud test in combination with a questionnaire based on the System Usability Scale (SUS).RESULTS:
Initially for one persona/user type, an interface design concept was developed, which received an average SUS-Score of 92.1 in the user test. Usability problems have been solved so that the design concept could be fixed for a future implementation. Contribution The approach of the UCD process and the methods involved can be applied by other researchers as a framework for the development of similar applications.Key words
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
1_ASSA2030
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Software Design
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User-Computer Interface
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Drug Information Services
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Mobile Applications
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Inform Health Soc Care
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article