Supporting medical communication for older patients with a shared touch-screen computer

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Piper, Anne Marie ^a   Hollan, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Elderly; Electronic Medical records; Health care technology; User computer interface

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION; ELDERLY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL COMMUNICATION; TOUCH-SCREEN COMPUTERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACES;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY; TOUCH SCREENS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOUCH SCREEN COMPUTER;

COMMUNICATION; ELDERLY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS; HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPUTERS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84886795949     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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