Interfaces to medical information systems: Supporting evidenced based practice

Author

McEwen, Timothy R. ; Flach, John M. ; Elder, Nancy C.

Author_Institution

Underwriters Labs., Concord, MA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

335

Lastpage

340

Abstract

This paper describes the development and initial evaluation of an interface to medical information related to cardiovascular health. The interface, which is designed to be used on a touch tablet, uses principles of Ecological Interface Design to create an interface that addresses cardiovascular health at multiple functional levels: specific test values, general state of health based on a published epidemiological model of risk, and treatment guides based on published standards of best practice. The evaluation focused on the value of providing multiple functional levels for making judgments about cardiovascular risk.

Keywords

medical information systems; notebook computers; risk analysis; touch sensitive screens; user interfaces; cardiovascular health; cardiovascular risk; ecological interface design; evidenced based practice; general health state; medical information system interfaces; multiple functional levels; published epidemiological risk model; specific test values; touch tablet; Biological system modeling; Blood pressure; Graphical user interfaces; Graphics; Guidelines; Image color analysis; Medical services; Cognitive Systems Engineering; Ecological Interface Design; Electronic Medical Information Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMC.2014.6973930

Filename

6973930