Designing Pervasive Computing for Hospitals: Learning from the Media Affordances of Paper-Based Medication Charts

Author

Dahl, Yngve ; Svanes, D. ; Nytrø, Øystein

Author_Institution

Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol.

fYear

2006

fDate

Nov. 29 2006-Dec. 1 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

The current article investigates the affordances associated with paper out of the motivation that this can help inform design of pervasive and ubiquitous computing solutions for clinical use. In particular, we focus on paper-based medication charts, and discuss how these artifacts differ from various digital and context-aware solutions both in terms of media properties and functionalities. Based on a comparison of media, we argue that the affordances offered by the paper-based medication charts are not fully transferable to one digital medium, but that a combination of complementary digital media is required

Keywords

health care; medical information systems; mobile computing; clinical use; hospitals; paper-based medication charts; pervasive computing; ubiquitous computing; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Hospitals; Mobile computing; Paper technology; Pervasive computing; Physics computing; Processor scheduling; Ubiquitous computing; User interfaces; Affordances; Interaction design; Pervasive computing; Point-of-care systems; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops, 2006

Conference_Location

Innsbruck

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1085-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1086-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361673

Filename

4205164