Lessons learned from the usability assessment of home-based telemedicine systems

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages 424-434

  Agnisarman, Sruthy Orozhiyathumana ^a   Chalil Madathil, Kapil ^a   Smith, Kevin ^b   Ashok, Aparna ^a   Welch, Brandon ^b   McElligott, James T ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home based video telemedicine systems; Telehealth; Telemedicine; Usability; User experience

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NASA; SURVEYS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TASK COMPLETION TIME; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE SYSTEMS; USABILITY; USABILITY ASSESSMENT; USABILITY PROBLEMS; USER EXPERIENCE;

TELEMEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COMPUTER SYSTEM USABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOXY.ME SOFTWARE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; POLYCOM SOFTWARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE; VIDYO SOFTWARE; VSEE SOFTWARE; WORKLOAD; ADULT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84981492669     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2016.08.003     Document Type: Article

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