Blood Pressure Monitor: Family Edition

1. Blood Pressure Monitor: Family Edition By: Mike Anderson, John Booze, Jane Hwang, Vik Mittal, Chris Santini

2. Outline • The Problem • Intended Users • System Requirements • Usability Test • Subjects • Demo/Problems • Demo/Solutions • Conclusions • Future Work • Questions?

3. The Problem • White-coat effect • Regular blood pressure monitoring can be difficult • Paper logs are difficult to maintain and can introduce observational errors • External software required if you want advanced data analysis such as graphing

4. Intended Users • The Elderly: • Blood pressure tends to increase with age. • Greater chance of stroke or heart attack. • Middle-Aged: • Important to detect and manage high blood pressure early, to reduce likelihood of future heart problems. • Entire Family

5. System Requirements • Touchscreen Display • Automatic Blood Pressure Reading • Large Memory Capacity • Alarms • Allow many different users to track blood pressure readings • Ability to send readings

6. Usability Test: Subjects • Green Ridge House for Senior Citizens • 4 Participants • 2 Male / 2 Female • 2 Experienced / 2 Inexperienced Computer Users • 2 Monitored their blood pressure at home • None kept records of their readings

7. Demos

8. Future Work • Choice of Color Schemes • Direct Manipulation for Setting an Alarm • Setting an Alarm for a Specific Date • Option to Magnify Text and Buttons

9. Conclusions • Novel Blood Pressure Monitor Interface • Automates Almost Everything for the User • Next logical progression in Blood Pressure Monitor Interfaces

10. Questions?