A usability evaluation for telemedicine medical equipment.
This paper describes a conceptual framework and human factors evaluation for usability assessment of commercially available telemedicine technology. Four criteria of human factors evaluation are utilized: (1) technical acceptability; (2) operational effectiveness; (3) clinical appropriateness; and (4) equipment selection. These criteria were applied to commercially available video-otoscope systems for otological evaluations.
Birkmire-Peters
D P
DP
Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859-5000, USA.
Peters
L J
LJ
Whitaker
L A
LA
D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D019720:Otoscopes; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014741:Video Recording