TYPICAL PROBLEMS WITH DEVELOPING MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE - Some Lessons Learned from Developing User-centered Mobile Applications in a Hospital Environment

Andreas Holzinger, Martin Höller, Marcus Bloice, Berndt Urlesberger

2008

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the experiences gained during the design, development and implementation of mobile applications for use within the clinical domain. Current problems and issues that arose during the development of the software are documented and discussed. Medical professionals' opinions, both medical doctors and nurses, and their input were coupled with front end development (user interface design) and back end development (software engineering) to decide on the most optimum development path and to select the most appropriate environments. Most of all, this project can be seen as a further example that User-Centered Development (UCD) is necessary, however it is not sufficient when developing mobile, cross-platform, and future-proof applications for medicine and health care.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Holzinger A., Höller M., Bloice M. and Urlesberger B. (2008). TYPICAL PROBLEMS WITH DEVELOPING MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE - Some Lessons Learned from Developing User-centered Mobile Applications in a Hospital Environment . In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-58-6, pages 235-240. DOI: 10.5220/0001909102350240

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ice-b08,
author={Andreas Holzinger and Martin Höller and Marcus Bloice and Berndt Urlesberger},
title={TYPICAL PROBLEMS WITH DEVELOPING MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE - Some Lessons Learned from Developing User-centered Mobile Applications in a Hospital Environment},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={235-240},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001909102350240},
isbn={978-989-8111-58-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business - Volume 1: ICE-B, (ICETE 2008)
TI - TYPICAL PROBLEMS WITH DEVELOPING MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE - Some Lessons Learned from Developing User-centered Mobile Applications in a Hospital Environment
SN - 978-989-8111-58-6
AU - Holzinger A.
AU - Höller M.
AU - Bloice M.
AU - Urlesberger B.
PY - 2008
SP - 235
EP - 240
DO - 10.5220/0001909102350240