Design of a Virtual Rehabilitation Ward and a Follow Up Clinic in Sri Lanka with User Centered Design Methods

Rehabilitation medicine is a relatively novel speciality in Sri Lanka. Therefore the newly appointed rehabilitation consultants have the difficult task of managing patients from different wards in different hospitals and then having to follow them up as well. Therefore a User-Centered Design method was utilized to design a Virtual ward and a follow up clinic for patients needing rehabilitation care in Sri Lanka. The project identified both broad and detailed requirements for the system and was able to lead to the development of a prototype system as the first step.