Re: Two programs, not one...
I don't see current UIs (Windows, Icons, Mouse and Point (WIMP) as the result of a poor job. Rather they are limited by the WIMP technology. This limitation causes low user satisfaction because the lowest level user, i.e. the clinician, is required to input most if not all of the data essentially by hand and in a double whammy gets the least return from the system. This phenomena has parallels in the professional sales industry. With today's CRM systems sales reps have to input most of the data, but get the least value from the system in return. And, in some cases, are managed by and to the data with "sticks" and not "carrots."
As for the next wave of GUI technology (as embodied by just one example referred to as "mobile", i.e. a laptop with a physical touch interface, gesture navigation and selection, sensors such as GPS; microphones; cameras and accelerometers, and light weight), it is, in technology adoption life cycle terms, "emerging." I see this emergence not as a obstacle, but as huge opportunity. The various technologies are just reaching commercial viability, some more than other (voice compared to iPad). This means that they are in their first, of many, implementation iterations. My prediction is, just as barcodes and RFIDs revolutionized the supply chain, new UI technology including, but by no means limited to, touch, gesture, sensors and voice, will do the same for healthcare.
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8/28/2014 | 8:12:21 PM