Towards a workflow driven design for mHealth devices within temporary eye clinics in low-income settings

Bolster, Nigel M. and Bastawrous, Andrew and Giardini, Mario E. (2015) Towards a workflow driven design for mHealth devices within temporary eye clinics in low-income settings. In: 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE, United States, pp. 7312-7315.

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    Abstract

    Only a small minority of mobile healthcare technologies that have been successful in pilot studies have subsequently been integrated into healthcare systems. Understanding the reasons behind this discrepancy is crucial if such technologies are to be adopted. We believe that the mismatch is due to a breakdown in the relation between technical soundness of the original mobile health (mHealth) device design, and integration into healthcare provision workflows. Quantitative workflow modelling provides an opportunity to test this hypothesis. In this paper we present our current progress in developing a clinical workflow model for mobile eye assessment in low-income settings. We test the model for determining the appropriateness of design parameters of a mHealth device within this workflow, by assessing their impact on the entire clinical workflow performance.

    Author(s):Bolster, Nigel M., Bastawrous, Andrew and Giardini, Mario E.
    Item type:Book Section
    ID code:54534
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    Keywords:mobile health, telemedicine, telehealth, Ophthalmology, Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine, Social Sciences, Ophthalmology, Health Informatics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    Subjects:Medicine > Ophthalmology
    Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
    Social Sciences
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:10 Oct 2015 00:08
    Last modified:05 Jun 2019 04:16
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/54534
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