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User-Centered and Persuasive Design of a Web-Based Registration and Monitoring System for Healthcare-Associated Infections in Nursing Homes

Authors:
Nienke de Jong
Andrea Eikelenboom-Boskamp
Andreas Voss
Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen

Keywords: User-centered design; Persuasive design; Web-based; eHealth technology

Abstract:
Patient safety is increasingly threatened by healthcare-associated infections. To cope with this threat, insight into the occurrence of such infections is paramount. We used a holistic approach for the user-centered and persuasive development of a system for the registration of healthcare-associated infections in nursing homes. To do so, we combined multiple methods (literature search, expert discussion, questionnaire, interviews and scenario-based user-tests), closely cooperating with end-users. This study shows why involving end-users in all stages of development is of paramount importance for the creation of successful eHealth technologies.

Pages: 152 to 157

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: March 23, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-327-8

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 23, 2014 to March 27, 2014