Human Computer Interaction Design for Mobile Devices Based on a Smart Healthcare Architecture

Smart and IoT-enabled mobile devices have the potential to enhance healthcare services for both patients and healthcare providers. Human computer interaction design is key to realizing a useful and usable connection between the users and these smart healthcare technologies. Appropriate design of such devices enhances the usability, improves effective operation in an integrated healthcare system, and facilitates the collaboration and information sharing between patients, healthcare providers, and institutions. In this paper, the concept of smart healthcare is introduced, including its four-layer information architecture of sensing, communication, data integration, and application. Human Computer Interaction design principles for smart healthcare mobile devices are outlined, based on user-centered design. These include: ensuring safety, providing error-resistant displays and alarms, supporting the unique relationship between patients and healthcare providers, distinguishing end-user groups, accommodating legacy devices, guaranteeing low latency, allowing for personalization, and ensuring patient privacy. Results are synthesized in design suggestions ranging from personas, scenarios, workflow, and information architecture, to prototyping, testing and iterative development. Finally, future developments in smart healthcare and Human Computer Interaction design for mobile health devices are outlined.