Title :
Bravo/TeleTrend: user interface and time estimate study
Author :
Nguyen, H.Q. ; Auernheimer, B. ; Nenov, V.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California State Univ., Fresno, CA, USA
Abstract :
A new system Bravo/TeleTrend, was developed to allow critical care personnel easy access to patient information over the Internet. Data that would normally be restricted to the hospital could be accessed through a Web browser. A pilot usability study was conducted to investigate the use of secondary tasks to hide long loading times. Since large amounts of data take a long time to load over the Internet, this shortcoming can be disguised. This gives users the impression that the system is responding faster than in actuality.
Keywords :
Internet; information retrieval; medical information systems; online front-ends; telemedicine; user interfaces; Bravo/TeleTrend; Internet; Web browser; critical care personnel; hospital; patient information access; secondary tasks; time estimate study; usability study; user interface; Application software; Biomedical monitoring; Computer displays; Delay; Electroencephalography; Internet; Neurosurgery; Personnel; User interfaces; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Sciences, 1999. HICSS-32. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0001-3
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1999.773028
