Attitudes towards technology supported rheumatoid arthritis care: investigating patient- and clinician-perceived opportunities and barriers.

Objectives: Globally, demand outstrips capacity in rheumatology services, making Mobile Health (mHealth) attractive, with the potential to improve access, empower patient self-management and save costs. Existing mHealth interventions have poor uptake by end users. This study was designed to understand existing challenges, opportunities and barriers for computer technology in the RA care pathway.

From Personalised Predictions to Targeted Advice: Improving Self-Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease, that can lead to joint damage but also affects quality of life (QoL) including aspects such as self-esteem, fatigue, and mood. Current medical management focuses on the fluctuating disease activity to prevent progressive disability, but practical constraints mean periodic clinic appointments give little attention to the patient's experience of managing the wider consequences of chronic illness. The main aim of this study is to explore how to use patient-derived data both for clinical decision-making and for personalisation, with the first steps towards a platform for tailoring self-management advice to patients' lifestyle changes.

Exploring organisational competences in Human Factors and UX project work: managing careers, project tactics and organisational strategy.

Organisational competence in Human Factors and UX (user experience) has not been looked at before despite its relevance to project success. We define organisational competence as the collective competence of the individuals, bringing together their complementary abilities to deliver an outcome that is typically more than the sum of its parts. Twenty-two UX and Human Factors practitioners were interviewed about their project work in two contrasting domains: web design and safety-critical systems to explore organisational competences.

Exploring medical device design and use through layers of distributed cognition: how a glucometer is coupled with its context.

Medical devices are becoming more interconnected and complex, and are increasingly supported by fragmented organizational systems, e.g. through different processes, committees, supporting staff and training regimes.

7 Themes for guiding situated ergonomic assessments of medical devices: a case study of an inpatient glucometer.

There is relatively little guidance on the situated ergonomic assessment of medical devices, and few case studies that detail this type of evaluation. This paper reports results of a detailed case study that focuses on the design and use of a modern blood glucose meter on an oncology ward. We spent approximately 150 h in-situ, over 11 days and 4 nights, performing observations and interviews with users.