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Health Information in the Home—Human Factors Assessment.

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  • Case study of four families' health information management tasks.
  • Highlights:
    • 69 unique health information management tasks.
    • Nine different locations.
    • 22 different information storage artifacts (e.g., calendars, notebooks, cupboards).
  • Finding: Foundational consumer health IT design elements must be balanced with individual needs.

Zayas-Cabán T. Health information management in the home: A human factors assessment. Work 2012 Jan 1;41(3):315-28.


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