title: Designing and optimizing a healthcare kiosk for the community.
abstract: Investigating new ways to deliver care, such as the use of self-service kiosks to collect and monitor signs of wellness, supports healthcare efficiency and inclusivity. Self-service kiosks offer this potential, but there is a need for solutions to meet acceptable standards, e.g. provision of accurate measurements. This study investigates the design and optimization of a prototype healthcare kiosk to collect vital signs measures. The design problem was decomposed, formalized, focused and used to generate multiple solutions. Systematic implementation and evaluation allowed for the optimization of measurement accuracy, first for individuals and then for a population. The optimized solution was tested independently to check the suitability of the methods, and quality of the solution. The process resulted in a reduction of measurement noise and an optimal fit, in terms of the positioning of measurement devices. This guaranteed the accuracy of the solution and provides a general methodology for similar design problems.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: luyq@tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yongqiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lyu
authors.affiliation: UCLIC, University College London, Malet Place Engineering Building 8th floor, Malet Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: Christopher James
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yuanchun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yida
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Wenyao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Shuangshuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Information Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003153:Community Health Services; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods; D006804:Ergonomics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055641:Mathematical Concepts; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Measurement accuracy; Parameter identification; Self-service healthcare kiosk