Transcript The Relationship of Inquiry – a framework for design and

Towards understanding adoption of
using mobile devices for knowledge
sharing in healthcare settings
Reuben Mugisha and Stefan Hrastinski
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Background
Telehealth
Knowledge sharing
Mobility of knowledge beyond the North-South divide
Mobile health
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Aim and research question
The aim of this paper is to develop an initial framework
through which mobile devices can be used to support
knowledge sharing in health care in developing countries.
Under which conditions can mobile devices be used to
support knowledge sharing in health care in developing
countries?
Research procedure
Literature review
Identification of mobile application cases being used within
the healthcare sector for knowledge sharing in developing
countries
Assessment of factors under which solutions identified in the
chosen cases support knowledge sharing in healthcare
Factors that influence an individual’s
decision to adopt or reject an innovation
Relative advantage
Compatibility
Complexity or simplicity
Trialability
Observability
(Rogers, 1962)
Examples of three projects
1. An Android-based phone based platform namely Sana for
creating end-to-end remote medical diagnostic platform aimed at
remote healthcare providers. The system allows remote
healthcare providers to send symptoms in any form to trained
medical professionals for diagnosis via a central server.
2. A smart drug regulation system that was established for piracy
prevention in Guangdong in China. Drug packages are coded
with both Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and 2D
barcode. Fixed or mobile networks can be used to access the
database to authenticate a package.
3. An insertable Cardiac Monitor developed by Medtronic CareLink.
The mobile tool is used to continuously monitor patients’ heart
activity over long periods of time to understand causes of
infrequent, unexplained fainting and abnormal heart rhythms.
A Mobile Enabled Framework For
Indispensable Knowledge Access (AMEFIKA)
The framework stems out of the necessity by mobile
technology to conform to elements of usability standards
(ISO9241-11) namely, efficiency, effectiveness and
satisfaction (ISO, 1998).
• Effectiveness: level of completeness at which users achieve
specified goals.
• Efficiency: resources used in completing a task.
• Satisfaction: positive attitudes toward using the system.
A Mobile Enabled Framework For
Indispensable Knowledge Access (AMEFIKA)
A Mobile Enabled Framework For
Indispensable Knowledge Access (AMEFIKA)
Relevance, specifically “the here and now” need for
knowledge sharing which we present as indispensable
knowledge.
The need for access to indispensable knowledge is the
initiator or motivating factor to usage of mobile health.
Three elements of usability standards must be met by the
mobile technology used namely; effectiveness, efficiency and
user satisfaction.