Tangible Information : Gestures for a Portable e-Nursing touch screen interface

Sax, C; Lawrence, EM

Tangible Information : Gestures for a Portable e-Nursing touch screen interface

Sax, C Lawrence, EM

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Publisher:: IEEE Communications Society
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: 11th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications & Services HEALTHCOM 2009, 2009, pp. 1 - 8
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Sax, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lawrence, EM	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Sax, C	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Lawrence, E	en_US
dc.date	2009-12-16	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	11th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications & Services HEALTHCOM 2009, 2009, pp. 1 - 8	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4244-5013-8	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11220
dc.description.abstract	Elderly persons make use of significantly more emergency medical services than do younger adults. The elderly are more prone to medical emergencies such as cardiac arrests, falls or diabetic seizures. Our prototype called Portable Medical Monitoring Computer PMMC was developed to provide a possible solution to efficient elderly care, especially in such emergency situations. It is an addition to our ReMoteCare system which uses a wireless sensor network to monitor the elderly in aged care facilities. PMMC is classified as a touchable Medical e-Nursing Information System to support registered nurses in nursing homes with vital sign parameters and other medical information about residents who are suffering a medical emergency. The âuser centred designâ application was predicated on the concept of a portable computer with a touch screen, which allows users to access information next to the casualty at the point-of-treatment. The paper reports on the results of usability issues found during testing, specifically with our gesture enabled interface. We suggest improvements to make the interface more intuitive and suitable for humansâ interaction.	en_US
dc.publisher	IEEE Communications Society	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	11th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications & Services HEALTHCOM 2009	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/HEALTH.2009.5406211	en_US
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dc.title	Tangible Information : Gestures for a Portable e-Nursing touch screen interface	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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Abstract:

Elderly persons make use of significantly more emergency medical services than do younger adults. The elderly are more prone to medical emergencies such as cardiac arrests, falls or diabetic seizures. Our prototype called Portable Medical Monitoring Computer PMMC was developed to provide a possible solution to efficient elderly care, especially in such emergency situations. It is an addition to our ReMoteCare system which uses a wireless sensor network to monitor the elderly in aged care facilities. PMMC is classified as a touchable Medical e-Nursing Information System to support registered nurses in nursing homes with vital sign parameters and other medical information about residents who are suffering a medical emergency. The âuser centred designâ application was predicated on the concept of a portable computer with a touch screen, which allows users to access information next to the casualty at the point-of-treatment. The paper reports on the results of usability issues found during testing, specifically with our gesture enabled interface. We suggest improvements to make the interface more intuitive and suitable for humansâ interaction.

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