Designing Telemedicine Systems for Geriatric Patients: A Review of the Usability Studies

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 459-472

  Narasimha, Shraddhaa ^a   Madathil, Kapil Chalil ^a   Agnisarman, Sruthy ^a   Rogers, Hunter ^a   Welch, Brandon ^b   Ashok, Aparna ^a   Nair, Aswathi ^a   McElligott, James ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

geriatrics; systematic review; telemedicine; usability

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRICS; MEDICINE; USABILITY ENGINEERING; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

PATIENT SATISFACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE APPLICATION; TELEMEDICINE SYSTEMS; TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS; USABILITY; USABILITY EVALUATION; USABILITY STUDIES;

TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEVICES; ELDERLY CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTERS; CONFIDENTIALITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; ROBOTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TELEPHONE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 85020838212     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2016.0178     Document Type: Review

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