Silvia Macis|Daniela Loi|Andrea Ulgheri|Danilo Pani|Giuliana Solinas|Serena La Manna|Vincenzo Cestone|Davide Guerri|Luigi Raffo
Design and Usability Assessment of a Multi-Device SOA-Based Telecare Framework for the Elderly
University of Cagliari|University of Cagliari|University of Cagliari|University of Cagliari|University of Sassari|University of Cagliari
telemonitoring branch telehealth aims remotely monitoring vital signs important chronically ill patients elderly living alone available standalone devices applications selfmonitoring health parameters largely suffer interoperability problems meanwhile telemonitoring medical devices expensive selfcontained integrated userfriendly technological platforms end user paper presents technical aspects usability assessment telemonitoring features hereiam platform supports heterogeneous information technology systems exploiting serviceoriented architecture measured parameters collected offtheshelf bluetooth medical devices sent xml documents private cloud implements interoperable health service infrastructure compliant recent healthcare standards security protocols androidbased system designed accessible via tv portable devices includes utilities designed support elderly living alone four usability assessment sessions qualityvalidated questionnaires performed accurately understand ease use usefulness acceptance quality proposed system results reveal system achieved high usability scores even first use scores significantly change time field trial lasted four months reinforcing idea intuitive design end trial userexperience questionnaire achieved excellent scores aspects respect benchmark good results also reported general practitioners assessed quality remote interfaces telemonitoring