[IxDA Discuss] Hospitals pick hi-tech clipboard

[Jeff Axup]

Very interesting article. However, these marketing pieces never get down
into the details of design or practical use. They did mention it crashes all
the time. How does that affect workflow? And it would be interesting to hear
whether they did participatory or contextual design as part of their
process. I've heard some absolute horror stories about medical kiosk systems
and how they actually made hospitals more stressful and less efficient to
work in because they didn't support existing work processes. Good to see
tablets finally going into practical use.

-Jeff

On 2/23/07, Fred Beecher <fbeecher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A quote from the article says it best: "This is an example of the correct
> tool for the job..."
>
> My company was involved in a similar project... we were working with
> social
> workers in Wisconsin who were failing to enter their reports etc. in a
> timely manner. This was causing lots of communication problems. So the
> consultant ended up designing an application for them to use via a tablet
> computer. So now when they are working remotely doing interviews, etc.,
> just
> taking notes is their reporting process.
>
> I'm inspired by IxD stories like this... thanks for posting it, Daniel.
>
> - Fred
>
> On 2/21/07, Daniel Szuc <dszuc at apogeehk.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thought this may interest the group:
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6383035.stm
> >
> > Rgds,
> >
> > Daniel Szuc
> > Principal Usability Consultant
> > Apogee Usability Asia Ltd
> > www.apogeehk.com
> > 'Usability in Asia'
> >
> > The Usability Toolkit - http://www.sitepoint.com/books/usability1/
> >
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Best Regards,
Jeff
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Jeff Axup      Ph.D. Candidate - University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia
                   Principal Consultant, Mobile Community Design Consulting

Research:    Mobile Group Research Methods, Social Networks, Group Usability
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