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“Machine Beauty” – Should It Inspire eHealth Designers?

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Health Information Science (HIS 2014)

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Features embedded in the scheme of “machine beauty” are worth consideration in the eHealth area. Ideas of minimalism and elegance of design are some key elements of this scheme. One purpose of minimalist design is to increase the understandability of products, which is particularly applicable in the eHealth area. Striving for minimalism in the eHealth area means reasonable choices in production policy and understanding the meaning of quick impressions. Minimalism and aesthetic values in design are considered in this study in relation to different qualities. When the meaning of intended minimalist operations are assessed in the way how they interrelate with quality requirements, the meaning of intended minimalist operations can be better assessed. This article considers this theme from the viewpoints of eHealth design and quality with design science approach.

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    Marjo Rissanen

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  1. Centre for Applied Informatics, Victoria University, 8001, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Yanchun Zhang  & Xiaoxia Yin  & 

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK

    Guiqing Yao

  3. College of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, 8001, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Jing He

  4. Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, 518055, Shenzhen, China

    Lei Wang

  5. Psychiatric Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, MC912, 1601 W. Taylor Street, 60612, Chicago, IL, USA

    Neil R. Smalheiser

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Rissanen, M. (2014). “Machine Beauty” – Should It Inspire eHealth Designers?. In: Zhang, Y., Yao, G., He, J., Wang, L., Smalheiser, N.R., Yin, X. (eds) Health Information Science. HIS 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8423. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06269-3_1

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