Usability analysis of a telemedicine system for interventional cardiology

Author

Rahms, H. ; Sanz, M. ; Arredondo, M.T. ; del Pozo, F.

Author_Institution

Grupo de Bioingenieria y Telemedicina, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

fYear

1995

fDate

10-13 Sept. 1995

Firstpage

661

Lastpage

664

Abstract

The results of usability evaluation of a telemedicine system for interventional cardiology are presented. The demonstrator is located in Catalonia, Spain (AlM2011 EU project) and has been used since August 1994. The evaluation has been done using a structured methodology that analyzes both components of usability: objective component (efficiency and effectiveness) and subjective component (user attitude). This procedure was complemented with other quality (functional) evaluations and an initial cost-benefit analysis (CBA), from which a complete ´utility´ evaluation for the clinical protocol was generated. The particular conclusions can be partially generalized to general telemedicine systems, new environments with lacking of CBA experience.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical imaging; cardiology; television applications; AlM2011 EU project; Catalonia; Spain; cost-benefit analysis; demonstrator; effectiveness; efficiency; functional evaluation; interventional cardiology; objective component; subjective component; telemedicine system; usability analysis; user attitude; utility evaluation; Angioplasty; Cardiology; Catheterization; Cost benefit analysis; Hospitals; Lesions; Medical services; Protocols; Telemedicine; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1995

Conference_Location

Vienna, Austria

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3053-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1995.482751

Filename

482751