A modified user-oriented heuristic evaluation of a mobile health system for diabetes self-management support

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 77-84

  Georgsson, Mattias ^a,b   Staggers, Nancy ^a,c   Weir, Charlene ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d Desert Pacific Healthcare Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Heuristic evaluation; Mobile health; Patient self management; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EVALUATION STUDY; HEURISTICS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEURISTICS; HUMANS; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84958054345     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: 15389774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000209     Document Type: Article

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