Evaluation of mobile computer

摘要

Although m-Health (mobile health) and implementations of EOE (electronic order entry) are widely spread among the healthcare community, little research has been done to evaluate them, due to the fact that most of them are still considered pilot projects. Moreover, because of the emerging status of these new tools, especially in healthcare, the discussion about evaluation methods and processes has not been started until recently. A survey was conducted by using human -computer interaction evaluation methods which examine the usability and ergonomic properties of handheld devices. Essentially, an multicentric evaluation of handheld devices in the workplace was designed. The evaluation approach consisted of the IsoMetrics Questionnaire and specific questions regarding handheld devices. The IsoMetrics Questionnaire, initially designed for Graphical User Interfaces, showed sufficient reliability for handheld devices. An detailed analysis of evaluation results of a healthcare Personal digital assistant (PDA) software will be given. We would be delighted if you would join us to further discuss the presented approach and would like to invite all interested scientist to promote further evaluation research in this area. Only by widespread usage of this approach, our first results might be confirmed.