title: Isolating the Effects of a Mobile Phone on the Usability and Safety of eHealth Software Applications.
abstract: Mobile phones are used in conjunction with mobile eHealth software applications. These mobile software applications can be used to access, review and document clinical information. The objective of this research was to explore the relationship between mobile phones, usability and safety. Clinical simulations and semi-structured interviews were used to investigate this relationship. The findings revealed that mobile phones may lead to specific types of usability issues that may introduce some types of errors.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Borycki
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: Janessa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Monkman
authors.affiliation: ParaMed (a division of Extendicare), Kanata, Canada.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reid-Haughian
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D064650:Home Health Nursing / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D012984:Software; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Mobile phone; devices; eHealth; patient safety; risk management; safety; smart phone; technology induced errors; usability