The PAediatric Risk Assessment (PARA) Mobile App to Reduce Postdischarge Child Mortality: Design, Usability, and Feasibility for Health Care Workers in Uganda.

Lauren Lacey English Dustin T Dunsmuir Elias Kumbakumba John Mark Ansermino Charles P Larson Richard Todd Lester Celestine Barigye Andrew Ndamira Jerome Kahuma Kabakyenga Matthew O Wiens

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2016)

Through feedback and modifications made during this usability study, the PARA app was developed into a user-friendly app, encompassing user expectations and culturally intuitive interfaces for users with a range of technological exposure. Doctors and medical students had shorter task completion times, though all participants reported the usefulness of this tool to improve postdischarge outcomes.

Keyphrases

medical students
risk assessment
electronic health record
health information
emergency department
intensive care unit
mental health
human health
healthcare
risk factors
metabolic syndrome
climate change
weight loss