Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/HEALTH.2011.6026790
