Patient user interface for future concept connecting data from wearables to healthcare

Abstract: The leading causes of disability and death worldwide, are chronic diseases. They are also the costliest part of healthcare. One way to ease the pressure on healthcare and improve quality of life for patients suffering from chronic diseases, is by digitising healthcare. The Swedish government has set an ambitious goal of Sweden being the world-leading country in e-health by 2025. To contribute to digitisation of healthcare and find a way to make healthcare more accessible, not only to people suffering from chronic diseases but for all others as well, a prototype for a mobile app was created using established methods of user-centred design. The concept of the app is that data from wearables can be connected to it, and shared with healthcare. The user interface includes views for physiological data about the heart, blood pressure, sleep, body temperature, as well as a view for peak expiratory flow measurements. The high-fidelity prototype was evaluated with 11 user tests. The tests yielded a System Usability Scale score of 90.4, a completion rate of 94.7 %, and an error-free rate of 81.6 %.