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- The aging global population is expected to significantly increase the prevalence of chronic diseases, necessitating a shift from reactive care to preventive health strategies.
- New technologies, such as Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing, are paving the way for Personal Health Systems (PHS) that ensure better continuity of care and resource utilization.
- The paper proposes a model for designing user interactions in medical applications, focusing on creating more usable interfaces to enhance patient experience and adherence to medical protocols.
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The rapid aging of the population worldwide will dramatically increase the number of people affected by chronic diseases in the next years. This social situation makes it necessary a paradigm shift from reactive care to preventive care. New technological paradigms, like Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing, allow the development of Personal Health Systems (PHS) that guarantee the continuity of care and a better use of health resources. Therefore, patients should become the centre of the health care process, and PHS should be designed to fulfill the patient's goals and needs. User-centred methodologies provide a good framework for designing general use applications, but they do not usually take into account factors like the context where the interaction is taking place or the medical, social and business contexts that surround the patient. This paper presents a model for designing user's interaction in medical applications. The final goal is to develop highly usable user interfaces and to improve the user experience, aiming to guarantee the patient's adherence to the medical protocols and recommendations.
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