Typical problems with developing mobile applications for health care - Some lessons learned from developing user-centered mobile applications in a hospital environment

ICE-B 2008 - Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 235-240

  Holzinger, Andreas ^a   Höller, Martin ^a   Bloice, Marcus ^a   Urlesberger, Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Information systems; Mobile applications; Touch screens

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

DEVELOPMENT PATHS; DO-MAINS; FRONT ENDS; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS; LESSONS LEARNED; MEDICAL DOCTORS; MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; TOUCH SCREENS; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS; USER-CENTERED;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 58049180419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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