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Digital Home-Monitoring of Patients after Kidney Transplantation: The MACCS Platform

Digital Home-Monitoring of Patients after Kidney Transplantation: The MACCS Platform

Published on: April 12, 2021

User-centered design and interactive health technologies for patients.

Annette De Vito Dabbs¹, Brad A Myers, Kenneth R Mc Curry

¹Acute and Tertiary Care, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 3500 Victoria St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. ajdst42@pitt.edu

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Summary

Patient involvement in health technology design is crucial. User-centered design ensures interactive health technologies like Pocket PATH meet patient needs, improving usability and health outcomes.

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Digital Home-Monitoring of Patients after Kidney Transplantation: The MACCS Platform

Digital Home-Monitoring of Patients after Kidney Transplantation: The MACCS Platform

Published on: April 12, 2021

Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Human-Computer Interaction
Patient-Centered Care

Background:

Patient involvement in health technology design is recommended but rarely detailed.
Interactive health technologies require customization to meet diverse patient needs.
User-centered design (UCD) integrates end-users throughout development.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide an overview of user-centered design principles.
To illustrate UCD application in developing the Pocket Personal Assistant for Tracking Health (Pocket PATH).
To demonstrate systematic patient involvement in health technology development.

Main Methods:

Overview of user-centered design methodology.
Case study: Development of Pocket PATH interactive health technology.
Inclusion of patient-users in design and testing phases.

Main Results:

User-centered design principles were applied to Pocket PATH development.
Patient involvement ensured the technology's functionality and usability.
The process increased the likelihood of achieving intended health outcomes.

Conclusions:

Systematic patient involvement through user-centered design is feasible and beneficial.
User-centered design enhances the value and effectiveness of health technologies.
Pocket PATH development exemplifies successful patient-centered health technology co-creation.