ǂa ǂstrategy for the higher user acceptance of innovative e-health services
Emilija Stojmenova (Author), Bojan Imperl (Author), Tomaž Žohar (Author), Dejan Dinevski (Author)

Abstract

Being familiar with all the benefits of e-Health and the strategic plan for the Slovenian health sectors informatization, Telekom Slovenia and the Faculty of Medicine from the University of Maribor, along with other partners, have initiated an e-Health project. The project group is developing various e-Health services that are based on modern ICT (information and communications technology) solutions and will be available on several screens. In order to meet the users needs and expectations and, consequently, achieve the high acceptance of e-Health services, the user-centered design (UCD) approach was employed in the e-Health project. However, during the research it was found that conventional UCD methods are not completely appropriate for older adults: the target population of the e-Health services. That is why the selected UCD methods were modified and adapted for older adults. The modified UCD methods used in the research study are presented in this paper. Using the results of the adapted UCD methods, a prototype for a service named MedReminder was developed. The prototype was evaluated by a group of 12 study participants. The study participants evaluated the MedReminder service as acceptable with a good potential for a high adoption rate among its target population, i.e., older adults.

Keywords

ICT;e-Health;MedReminder;user-centered design;modification;adaptation;older adults;

Data

Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UM MF - Faculty of Medicine
UDC: 004.9:613-053.88
COBISS: 1024493889 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1999-5903
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: IKT;e-Zdravje;MedRiminder;uporabniško-usmerjeno oblikovanje;modifikacija;adaptacija;starejši;
URN: URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS): Scientific work
Pages: str. 776-787
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ4
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ3
Chronology: 2012
DOI: 10.3390/fi4030776
ID: 10843813