title: A deliberate and rigorous approach to development of patient-centered technologies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Many technologies intended for patient use are never developed or evaluated with principles of user-centered design. In this review, we explore different approaches to assessing usability and acceptability, drawn from selected exemplar studies in the health sciences literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  Peer-reviewed research manuscripts were selected from Medline and other data sources accessible through pubmed.gov. We also present a framework for developing patient-centered technologies that we recently employed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While there are studies using principles of user-centered design, many more do not report formative usability testing results and may only report post-hoc satisfaction surveys. Consequently, adoption by user groups may be limited.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We encourage nurses in practice to look for and examine usability testing results before considering implementation of any patient-centered technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA 98195-7266, USA. swolpin@uw.edu
authors.forename: Seth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolpin
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003197:Computer Literacy; D006801:Humans; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods*