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Adapting the human-computer interface for reading literacy and computer skill to facilitate collection of information directly from patients.

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Lobach, DF; Arbanas, JM; Mishra, DD; Campbell, M; Wildemuth, BM
Published in: Studies in health technology and informatics
January 2004

Clinical information collected directly from patients is critical to the practice of medicine. Past efforts to collect this information using computers have had limited utility because these efforts required users to be facile with the computerized information collecting system. In this paper we describe the design, development, and function of a computer system that uses recent technology to overcome the limitations of previous computer-based data collection tools by adapting the human-computer interface to the native language, reading literacy, and computer skills of the user. Specifically, our system uses a numerical representation of question content, multimedia, and touch screen technology to adapt the computer interface to the native language, reading literacy, and computer literacy of the user. In addition, the system supports health literacy needs throughout the data collection session and provides contextually relevant disease-specific education to users based on their responses to the questions. The system has been successfully used in an academically affiliated family medicine clinic and in an indigent adult medicine clinic.

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Published In

Studies in health technology and informatics

EISSN

1879-8365

ISSN

0926-9630

Publication Date

January 2004

Volume

107

Issue

Pt 2

Start / End Page

1142 / 1146

Related Subject Headings

  • User-Computer Interface
  • Reading
  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical History Taking
  • Humans
  • Educational Status
  • Data Collection
  • Computer Literacy
  • 4601 Applied computing
  • 4203 Health services and systems
 

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Lobach, D. F., Arbanas, J. M., Mishra, D. D., Campbell, M., & Wildemuth, B. M. (2004). Adapting the human-computer interface for reading literacy and computer skill to facilitate collection of information directly from patients. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 107(Pt 2), 1142–1146.
Lobach, David F., Jennifer M. Arbanas, Dharani D. Mishra, Marci Campbell, and Barbara M. Wildemuth. “Adapting the human-computer interface for reading literacy and computer skill to facilitate collection of information directly from patients.Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 107, no. Pt 2 (January 2004): 1142–46.
Lobach DF, Arbanas JM, Mishra DD, Campbell M, Wildemuth BM. Adapting the human-computer interface for reading literacy and computer skill to facilitate collection of information directly from patients. Studies in health technology and informatics. 2004 Jan;107(Pt 2):1142–6.
Lobach, David F., et al. “Adapting the human-computer interface for reading literacy and computer skill to facilitate collection of information directly from patients.Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 107, no. Pt 2, Jan. 2004, pp. 1142–46.
Lobach DF, Arbanas JM, Mishra DD, Campbell M, Wildemuth BM. Adapting the human-computer interface for reading literacy and computer skill to facilitate collection of information directly from patients. Studies in health technology and informatics. 2004 Jan;107(Pt 2):1142–1146.

Published In

Studies in health technology and informatics

EISSN

1879-8365

ISSN

0926-9630

Publication Date

January 2004

Volume

107

Issue

Pt 2

Start / End Page

1142 / 1146

Related Subject Headings

  • User-Computer Interface
  • Reading
  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical History Taking
  • Humans
  • Educational Status
  • Data Collection
  • Computer Literacy
  • 4601 Applied computing
  • 4203 Health services and systems