A Usability Study of the PubMed on Tap User Interface for PDAs

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2004, Pages 1411-1415

  Alexander, Gregory L ^a   Hauser, Susan ^b   Steely, Karen ^b   Ford, Glenn ^b   Demner Fushman, Dina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Handheld; PubMed; Usability Testing; User Computer Interface

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NAVIGATION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; USER INTERFACES;

'CURRENT; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; HANDHELDS; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POINT OF CARE; PUBMED; USABILITY STUDIES; USABILITY TESTING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACES;

TAPS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER; EVALUATION; LIBRARIAN; MEDLINE; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSE; PHYSICIAN;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; LIBRARIANS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PUBMED; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 21644457751     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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