Medical Information on Cell Phone: For emergency use
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Cell phone technology is advancing every year and in today’s culture, it is almost taboo to leave the house with out it. More features are being added to cell phones such as text messaging, email, pictures, and video. One area that cell phones have yet to incorporate is medical information. We propose that by adding a way to access specific medical information in the event of an emergency, the chances of survival will increase. To make our system the the most user friendly, we used focused on specific usability factors (Nielson,1993) along with incorporating the users mental model (Norman, 1986) With regard speed of retrieval given access options, scroll or number selection, we did not find any significant difference between the two types. We also tested the amount of instruction needed to complete each task. That is, we allowed them to have the instructions available if they did not know what to do. The amount of instruction needed would be used to determine the usability of our system.
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