Usability and acceptability of balance exergames in older adults: A scoping review
Serious games (exergames) have the potential to be effective for postural balance and increasing muscle strength. Several games have been developed to increase physical fitness and balance among older adults. However, it is unclear to which degree usability and acceptability of exergames for older adults have been evaluated. The aim of this study was to summarize usability evaluation and acceptability of studies in older adults. We conducted a scoping review on studies focusing on usability of exergames for older adults. The result shows that older adults consider usability and acceptability of exercise video games good. T...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Nawaz, A., Skjaeret, N., Helbostad, J. L., Vereijken, B., Boulton, E., Svanaes, D. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Effects of an evidence-based computerized virtual clinician on low-density lipoprotein and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in adults without cardiovascular disease: The Interactive Cholesterol Advisory Tool
There is a lack of research on the use of electronic tools that guide patients toward reducing their cardiovascular disease risk. We conducted a 9-month clinical trial in which participants who were at low (n = 100) and moderate (n = 23) cardiovascular disease risk—based on the National Cholesterol Education Program III’s 10-year risk estimator—were randomized to usual care or to usual care plus use of an Interactive Cholesterol Advisory Tool during the first 8 weeks of the study. In the moderate-risk category, an interaction between treatment condition and Framingham risk estimate on low-density lipoprot...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Block, R. C., Abdolahi, A., Niemiec, C. P., Rigby, C. S., Williams, G. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Integration of healthcare and financial information: Evaluation in a public hospital using a comprehensive approach
This study contributes a vision of interrelated work, in which tasks are shared and aims are jointly established. (Source: Health Informatics Journal)
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Escobar-Perez, B., Escobar-Rodriguez, T., Bartual-Sopena, L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Implementation factors affecting the large-scale deployment of digital health and well-being technologies: A qualitative study of the initial phases of the 'Living-It-Up programme
Little is known about the factors which facilitate or impede the large-scale deployment of health and well-being consumer technologies. The Living-It-Up project is a large-scale digital intervention led by NHS 24, aiming to transform health and well-being services delivery throughout Scotland. We conducted a qualitative study of the factors affecting the implementation and deployment of the Living-It-Up services. We collected a range of data during the initial phase of deployment, including semi-structured interviews (N = 6); participant observation sessions (N = 5) and meetings with key stakeholders (N = 3). We used the N...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Agbakoba, R., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M.-M., Watson, N., Mair, F. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Designing a spoken dialogue interface to an intelligent cognitive assistant for people with dementia
Intelligent cognitive assistants support people who need help performing everyday tasks by detecting when problems occur and providing tailored and context-sensitive assistance. Spoken dialogue interfaces allow users to interact with intelligent cognitive assistants while focusing on the task at hand. In order to establish requirements for voice interfaces to intelligent cognitive assistants, we conducted three focus groups with people with dementia, carers, and older people without a diagnosis of dementia. Analysis of the focus group data showed that voice and interaction style should be chosen based on the preferences of...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Wolters, M. K., Kelly, F., Kilgour, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Supporting Active Patient and Health Care Collaboration: A Prototype for Future Health Care Information Systems
This article presents and illustrates the main features of a proposed process-oriented approach for patient information distribution in future health care information systems, by using a prototype of a process support system. The development of the prototype was based on the Visuera method, which includes five defined steps. The results indicate that a visualized prototype is a suitable tool for illustrating both the opportunities and constraints of future ideas and solutions in e-Health. The main challenges for developing and implementing a fully functional process support system concern both technical and organizational/...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Ahlfeldt, R.-M., Persson, A., Rexhepi, H., Wahlander, K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
How does joint procurement affect the design, customisation and usability of a hospital ePrescribing system?
The aim of this article is to explore the effect of the joint procurement model adopted during the English National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) on the customisation, design and usability of a hospital ePrescribing system. Drawing on qualitative data collected at two case study sites deploying an ePrescribing system jointly procured within one of the NPfIT’s geographical clusters, we explain how procurement decisions, difficult relationships with the supplier and strict contractual arrangements contributed to usability issues and difficulties in the customisation process. While some limited change req...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lee, L., Williams, R., Sheikh, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Towards a shared service centre for telemedicine: Telemedicine in Denmark, and a possible way forward
This article presents results from a multi-stakeholder project that developed a new concept, a ‘shared service centre’ for telemedicine that is envisioned as working across different telemedical initiatives to support the implementation and wider adoption of telemedicine. One year of participatory design and analysis of the shared service centre concept involved stakeholders, such as clinicians, patients, technicians, policy makers, lawyers, economists and information technology architects. More than 100 people contributed to the findings. Most of the ideas generated for potential centre support for telemedicin...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Larsen, S. B., Sorensen, N. S., Petersen, M. G., Kjeldsen, G. F. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Predictors of online health information seeking behavior: Changes between 2002 and 2012
This study explores and compares the effects that specific predictors had on online health information seeking behavior over a period of 10 years by integrating and analyzing two Pew datasets collected in 2002 and 2012. Hierarchical regression analyses indicate that socio-demographic factors and overall health condition are significant predictors that had an increasing impact on online health information seeking behavior. However, the impact of Internet usage decreased significantly from 2002 to 2012. A comparison across time contributes to a vertical understanding of the changes in online health information seeking behavi...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Li, J., Theng, Y.-L., Foo, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Ethnic origin and access to electronic health services
This study investigated ethnic inequalities in access to e-health information, communication and electronic services in Israel. Based on the diversification hypothesis, we expected that disadvantaged ethnic groups would be more likely to use e-health services to compensate for their lack of social capital. Data gathered from a representative sample of Internet users in Israel (n=1371) provided partial support for the hypothesis, indicating that in multicultural societies, disadvantaged groups are more motivated than the majority group to use the Internet to access medical information. However, despite expectations, minorit...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mesch, G. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Use of a smartphone application to screen for bipolar spectrum disorder in a community sample
This study describes the use of a smartphone application based on the Korean version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire in screening for bipolar spectrum disorders in a large general population. All data were collected between May 2011 and July 2011. A total of 27,159 individuals participated in the survey, using a smartphone application. The prevalence of positive screening results for bipolar spectrum disorders among 27,159 participants using the smartphone Korean Mood Disorder Questionnaire application was 8.2 percent. These results are similar to traditional paper-based results. The Korean Mood Disorder Questionnaire p...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - August 8, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Woo, Y. S., Bahk, W.-M., Hong, J., Yoon, B.-H., Hwang, T.-Y., Kim, M.-D., Jon, D.-I. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Speech recognition acceptance by physicians: A temporal replication of a survey of expectations and experiences
In this study, 82 percent of the physicians were initially optimistic that the use of speech recognition technology with the electronic medical record was a good idea. After using the technology for 6 months, 87 percent of the physicians agreed that speech recognition technology was a good idea. In addition, 72 percent of the physicians in this study had an expectation that the use of speech recognition technology would save time. After use in the clinical environment, 51 percent of the participants reported time savings. The increased acceptance of speech recognition technology by physicians in this study was attributed t...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - August 8, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lyons, J. P., Sanders, S. A., Fredrick Cesene, D., Palmer, C., Mihalik, V. L., Weigel, T. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Designing and implementing maturity models in hospitals: An experience report from 5 years of research
This article therefore delineates the encountered challenges during the design and implementation of three maturity models for distinct improvement areas in hospitals. On the one hand, this study’s findings may serve as basis for refining existing maturity model design approaches. On the other hand, it may facilitate further research in domain-specific organizational design with maturity models. (Source: Health Informatics Journal)
Source: Health Informatics Journal - August 8, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Blondiau, A., Mettler, T., Winter, R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Feasibility of utilizing a commercial eye tracker to assess electronic health record use during patient simulation
Numerous reports describe unintended consequences of electronic health record implementation. Having previously described physicians’ failures to recognize patient safety issues within our electronic health record simulation environment, we now report on our use of eye and screen-tracking technology to understand factors associated with poor error recognition during an intensive care unit–based electronic health record simulation. We linked performance on the simulation to standard eye and screen-tracking readouts including number of fixations, saccades, mouse clicks and screens visited. In addition, we develop...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - August 8, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Gold, J. A., Stephenson, L. E., Gorsuch, A., Parthasarathy, K., Mohan, V. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Usability, learnability and performance evaluation of Intelligent Research and Intervention Software: A delivery platform for eHealth interventions
Evaluation of an eHealth platform, Intelligent Research and Intervention Software was undertaken via cross-sectional survey of staff users and application performance monitoring. The platform is used to deliver psychosocial interventions across a range of clinical contexts, project scopes, and delivery modalities (e.g. hybrid telehealth, fully online self-managed, randomized control trials, and clinical service delivery). Intelligent Research and Intervention Software supports persuasive technology elements (e.g. tailoring, reminders, and personalization) as well as staff management tools. Results from the System Usability...
Source: Health Informatics Journal - August 8, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Wozney, L., McGrath, P. J., Newton, A., Huguet, A., Franklin, M., Perri, K., Leuschen, K., Toombs, E., Lingley-Pottie, P. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
