E- Health system for coagulation function management by elderly people

Noemi Biterman, Eyal Lerner, Haim Bitterman

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Abstract

E- Health is a developing area of major social, medical and economic importance especially for the elderly population and citizens of remote areas. Our objectives were to identify visualization methods for a patient-oriented system of collection, storage, and retrieval of coagulation function data, The research group included 25 elderly (72.2± 5.5 years) and 25 young participants (30.4±4.9 years).The participants completed tasks based on different visualization models for data entry and follow-up of clinical information, in three experimental websites equipped with hidden tracking programs. We followed functional parameters (time, acuity), subjective parameters (preference, satisfaction) and physiological parameters (pulse, skin temperature, sweating, respiratory rate, and muscle tension).Time for task completion was significantly longer in elderly compared to younger participants in all experimental websites, without significant differences in accuracy. Yet, in specific tasks the elderly performed better than young participants. Specific suggestions for data entry and data visualization are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
Subtitle of host publicationApplications and Services - 4th Int. Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2007. Held as Part of HCI Int. 2007 Proc.
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages853-859
Number of pages7
EditionPART 3
ISBN (Print)9783540732822
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2007 - Beijing, China
Duration: 22 Jul 200727 Jul 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 3
Volume4556 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period22/07/0727/07/07

Keywords

  • Data visualization
  • Design methods
  • E-care
  • Interactive healthcare services
  • Patient-oriented systems
  • Telemedicine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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