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The design of a user interface for a ventilator-management advisor.

Year: 1991

Type: article

Abstract: The lack of user acceptance for many medical decision-support systems should force medical software developers to rethink strategies for user interaction with decision-support programs. Participatory design is an emerging method for the development for computer applications that emphasizes user involvement in both the design and implementation phases. We have applied participatory design to the development of a user interface for VentPlan, an application that assists physicians in the management of artificial respiration of critically ill patients. In this paper, we present a case history of the participatory design process and describe the resulting interface for the VentPlan program. As a result of applying participatory design ideas, we gained insight as to how to implement VentPlan more effectively.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: M A Tovar, G W Rutledge, L A Lenert, L M Fagan

Institution: Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: Usability and User Interface Design

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine

Awards: MEDICAL EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTER RESOURCE, THERAPY-PLANNING STRATEGIES FOR CONSULTATION BY COMPUTER, Biomedical Informatics Training Program at Stanford