title: Assessment of relative importance of tablet computer features in supporting direct electronic documentation of encounters by eye care professionals.
abstract: Extensive utilization of mobile devices at the point of care will depend on device acceptance by the providers. We conducted focus groups involving nine eye care professionals to evaluate and elucidate the most important features of a tablet Personal Computer (PC) for data entry at the point of care. Ease of use, and quality and size of display were considered to be the most critical features of such a mobile device by the majority of the participants. Keyboard and weight of device were deemed to be the least important features of a tablet PC.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Informatics, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Roje O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Kacmaz
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arbanas
authors.forename: Paul P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Lobach
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003626:Data Display; D017144:Focus Groups; D008838:Microcomputers; D009885:Ophthalmology; D009907:Optometry; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems