A preliminary usability evaluation of Hemo@Care: A web-based application for managing clinical information in hemophilia care

Abstract

In this work, an overall description of the methods used and the results obtained in the on-going evaluation of hemo@care is presented. To help understanding the methods and results, we first give an overview of the main functionalities of hemo@care, which is a web application to manage the clinical information in hemophilia care, developed to be used by hematologists, nursing staff and patients suffering from hemophilia. Following we described the methods used in this particular evaluation, and finally we present the main results and general conclusions of these preliminary usability evaluation. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.