Carolina Sandoval
Carolina Fuentes
ABSTRACT
This paper, based on a User Centered Design (UCD) approach, describes the design and first validation process of a systemic model and a paper prototype for a mobile tool to support health data registering, related to physiotherapy of institutionalized frail elderly in nursing homes in the Chilean Patagonia. Due to the lack of geriatricians and caregivers in the area, the goal is to optimize time and support integrated care, through making available a set of specific information for the health team, which would allow monitoring the patient's evolution in a timely and effectively manner. The design process led to define user profiles, content and a functional specification set. A field study and rapid contextual design instruments were used to validate the model for this context, so as the first pre-functional prototype, to be developed in a next stage.
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- Towards a mHealth prototype to support integrated health care for elderly in Chilean Patagonia: a design process
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