Human factors engineering approach to gerontechnology: Development of an electronic medication compliance device

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 48, Issue , 1998, Pages 288-295

  Creedon, Michael A ^a   Malone, Thomas B ^a   Dutra, Lisa A ^a   Perse, Randy M ^a  

^a Carlow International Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE DEVICES; GERONTECHNOLOGY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REMINDER SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031609740     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-892-2-288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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