Colorado Care Tablet: The design of an interoperable Personal Health Application to help older adults with multimorbidity manage their medications

doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2010.05.007

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volume 43, Issue 5, Supplement, October 2010, Pages S22-S26

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Abstract

Medication errors are common and cause serious health issues during care transitions, particularly for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. In this paper, we discuss the design and evaluation of the Colorado Care Tablet, a Personal Health Application (PHA) that helps older adults and their lay caregivers manage their medication regimes during care transitions. We created a PHA that older adults with limited computing experience could easily use by designing an application based on their real world artifacts and workflows.

Keywords

Personal Health Records

Older adults

Medication management

User-centered approach

Participatory design

User interface design

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¹: Present address: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, REAP (Research Enhancement Award Program) to Improve Care Coordination, 1055 Clermont St., 151 Research Denver, CO 80220, USA.

²: Present address: A-234 Life Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

³: Present address: Center for Life Long Learning and Design, Department of Computer Science, Campus Box 430, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0430, USA.