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The Grid, Classification of eHealth Applications Towards a Better (re)Design and Evaluation

Authors:
Saskia Akkersdijk
Saskia Kelders
Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen
Annemarie Braakman

Keywords: eHealth; classification; evaluation; design

Abstract:
eHealth holds a diverse range of successful and unsuccessful applications. It is often unclear why this difference in success appears because eHealth is usually approached as a black box. Additionally, we tend to evaluate non-treatment-like and treatment-like applications the same way. Both approaches focus on searching for effects and outcomes. This results in applications that are wrongfully put away. Placing an application on the continuous dimensions of use-structure and caregiver involvement on the grid presented in this paper helps to make conscious and better decisions when (re)designing and evaluating eHealth applications. Positioning on the grid influences the terms 'user' and 'usage' but also has implications for the way we can evaluate and (re)design eHealth applications. The grid is a tool to gain insight, facilitate thought processes, and start discussions, and is not meant to be a formal and rigid model. This tool helps making conscious choices in (re)design and evaluation of applications.

Pages: 98 to 103

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: April 24, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-470-1

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2016 to April 28, 2016