International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 4 , Pages e24-e34 , April 2010

Usability testing of mobile ICT for clinical settings: Methodological and practical challenges

  • Dag Svanæs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 NTNU Trondheim, Norway. Tel.: +47 91897536.
    • ,
  • Ole Andreas Alsos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Yngve Dahl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Telenor Research & Innovation, Telenor ASA, Trondheim, Norway

Received 11 April 2008 ,Accepted 30 June 2008.

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PII: S1386-5056(08)00110-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.06.014

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 4 , Pages e24-e34 , April 2010

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