title: A usability evaluation for telemedicine medical equipment.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859-5000, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Birkmire-Peters
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Whitaker
mesh_terms: 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