User-interface design for medical informatics: a case study of Kaiser Permanente

Author

Marcus, Aaron ; Wieser, Karl ; Armitage, John ; Frank, Volker ; Guttman, E.

Author_Institution

Aaron Marcus & Assoc., Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

4-7 Jan. 2000

Abstract

User interfaces (Uis) for client-server and Web based products and services must enable users around the world to access complex data and functions. Solutions to successful user interface design, including information visualization consist of partially universal and partially local solutions to the design of metaphors, mental models, navigation, appearance, and interaction. By managing the user´s experience of familiar structures and processes, the user interface designer can achieve compelling forms that enable the user interface to be more usable and acceptable to a wider range of users. The user will be more productive and satisfied with the product in many different locations globally. The article presents some guidelines for UI design and reviews the design of prototypes for Kaiser Permanente´s clinical information system, with an emphasis on navigation and appearance improvements.

Keywords

client-server systems; data visualisation; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; medical information systems; IS navigation; Kaiser Permanente; UI design; Web based products; appearance improvements; case study; clinical information system; complex data access; familiar structures; information visualization; medical informatics; mental models; partially local solutions; user experience; user interface design; Biomedical informatics; Clinical diagnosis; Cognitive science; Computer aided software engineering; Cultural differences; Data visualization; Displays; Guidelines; Navigation; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2000. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0493-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2000.926786

Filename

926786