The contextual nature of usability and its relevance to medical informatics

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 136, Issue , 2008, Pages 541-546

  Svanæs, Dag ^a   Das, Anita ^a   Alsos, Ole Andreas ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Context of use; Health information systems; Human factors; Standards; Usability; User computer interface

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; INFORMATION USE;

CONTEXT OF USE; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SPECIFICATION AND DESIGNS; USABILITY; USABILITY EVALUATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACES; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; USER GROUPS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 44349150478     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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