1. User-centered design of a mobile medication management.
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Sedlmayr, Brita, Schöffler, Jennifer, Prokosch, Hans-Ulrich, and Sedlmayr, Martin
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MOBILE health ,USER-centered system design ,MEDICATION therapy management ,PATIENT safety ,PUBLIC health ,MEDICAL informatics ,AGE distribution ,DRUGS ,PATIENT compliance ,PHARMACY information services ,SEX distribution ,USER interfaces ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,SOFTWARE architecture ,MOBILE apps - Abstract
Background: The use of a nationwide medication plan has been promoted as an effective strategy to improve patient safety in Germany. However, the medication plan only exists as a paper-based version, which is related to several problems, that could be circumvented by an electronic alternative.Objective: The main objective of this study was to report on the development of a mobile interface concept to support the management of medication information.Methods: The human-centered design (UCD) process was chosen. First the context of use was analyzed, and personas and an interaction concept were designed. Next, a paper prototype was developed and evaluated by experts. Based on those results, a medium-fidelity prototype was created and assessed by seven end-users who performed a thinking-aloud test in combination with a questionnaire based on the System Usability Scale (SUS).Results: Initially for one persona/user type, an interface design concept was developed, which received an average SUS-Score of 92.1 in the user test. Usability problems have been solved so that the design concept could be fixed for a future implementation. Contribution: The approach of the UCD process and the methods involved can be applied by other researchers as a framework for the development of similar applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2019
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