Exploring the user requirements for wearable healthcare systems

Author

Yao Meng ; Heung-Kook Choi ; Hee-Cheol Kim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Inje Univ., Gimhae, South Korea

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 June 2011

Firstpage

74

Lastpage

77

Abstract

Wearable healthcare systems are a promising and topical area, which opens up new potentials in health and fitness. Like any other information and communication technology in its infancy, one of the major problems concerning these systems is the user acceptance. The aim of the paper is to include the notion of user-centered systems design in the context of wearable healthcare systems. Among various factors affecting user acceptance, this paper discusses eleven critical user requirements that wearable healthcare systems should satisfy.

Keywords

health care; user centred design; wearable computers; communication technology; information technology; user acceptance; user requirements; user-centered systems design; wearable healthcare systems; Biomedical monitoring; Educational institutions; Medical services; Monitoring; Security; Skin; Wireless communication; healthcare; smart clothes; user experience; user requirements; wearable systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Health Networking Applications and Services (Healthcom), 2011 13th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Columbia, MO

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-695-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61284-696-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HEALTH.2011.6026790

Filename

6026790