Usability test of a family health history web tool

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:981.

Abstract

We developed a web application prototype to collect cancer-related family health history data from clinical study participants and patients of Fox Chase Cancer Center. We conducted an initial round of usability testing by observing participants using the tool and recorded their experiences via a short survey. This process identified several issues with the current design using limited resources.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Family Health*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods
  • Internet*
  • Medical History Taking / methods*
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized*
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Pennsylvania
  • Pilot Projects
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Software*
  • User-Computer Interface*