Applying heuristic evaluation to improve the usability of a telemedicine system

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-34

  Tang, Zhihua ^a   Johnson, Todd R ^a   Tindall, R Douglas ^b   Zhang, Jiajie ^a  

^a University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE CARS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HEURISTIC METHODS; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT; PATIENT TREATMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTE CONTROL; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; USER INTERFACES;

DIGITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS); ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY; HEURISTIC VIOLATIONS; PARAMEDICS; TELEMEDICINE SYSTEM;

TELEMEDICINE;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33644929501     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.12.24     Document Type: Article

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