Interaction Design of User-SuppliedData in Health Care Systems

Abstract: Health care staff contribute to quality registers in order to improve health care and to provide data for research. The largest registry center is Uppsala Clinical Research(UCR) which supports over twenty national registers, for instance SWEDEHEART and SENIOR Alert. The purpose of this thesis is to create a design hypothesis for a highly usable interface to the forms developed by UCR. The first step was understanding the potential for improvement through analyzing the system and observing users. This showed that the design should increase the learnability of the system and minimize errors. Two prototypes of an overview side panel were created that were presented to the users. An overview panel with process indication was the preferred design. The design was implemented in the evaluation phase using a simpleform with grouped variables. The design hypothesis of an overview panel serves as a highly usable interface to the forms developed by UCR. The results showed that there are many aspects to consider, because the users have to gather information from many systems and sometimes paper forms. The implemented design could bepresented to users and be further evaluated in an iterative design manner according to human-centered design.