Abstract
In recent years, the advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have resulted in the development of systems and applications aimed at supporting rehabilitation therapy that contributes to enrich patients' life quality. This work is focused on the improvement of the telemedicine systems with the purpose of customizing therapies according to the profile and disability of patients. For doing this, as salient contribution, this work proposes the adoption of user-centered design (UCD) methodology for the design and development of telemedicine systems in order to support the rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders. Finally, some applications of the UCD methodology in the telemedicine field are presented as a proof of concept.
Highlights
In recent years, the advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have enabled the development of systems and applications aimed at supporting rehabilitation therapy and, contributing to the enrichment of patients’ life quality [1,2,3]
As salient contribution, this work proposes the adoption of user-centered design (UCD) methodology for the design and development of telemedicine systems in order to support the rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders
A detailed description of the telemedicine systems created based on the reference model for UCD, described in the previous section, is presented
Summary
The advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have enabled the development of systems and applications aimed at supporting rehabilitation therapy and, contributing to the enrichment of patients’ life quality [1,2,3]. The creation and implementation of web-enabled communication, patient services, and other e-Health initiatives have been significantly developed and enhanced in order to improve the quality of health services and maintain a competitive advantage. The information and communication technologies have expanded their application to management and planning activities of health areas. Companies involved in the health area must expand their capabilities to all stakeholders, including patients and the public in general towards robust, efficient, and friendly telemedicine systems [7, 8]
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