A user-centred design framework for mHealth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health (mHealth) has the potential to improve access to healthcare, especially in developing countries. The proliferation of mHealth has not been accompanied by a corresponding growth in design guidelines for mHealth applications. This paper proposes a framework for mHealth application design that combines the Information Systems Research (ISR) framework and design thinking. We demonstrate a use case for the proposed framework in the form of an app to read the result of the tuberculin skin test (TST), which is used to screen for latent tuberculosis infection. The framework was used in the re-design of the TST reading app but could also be used in earlier stages of mHealth app design.

Methods

The ISR framework and design thinking were merged based on how the

SUBMITTER: Farao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7444488 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature