Browsing by Author "Nieminen, Jaakko, Dr. Aalto University, Finland"

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COMPREHENDING TRANSLATIONAL DESIGN SCENARIOS AND IMPLICATIONS IN CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS
(2021) Rissanen, Marjo
School of Science | Doctoral dissertation (article-based)
This thesis examines the translational design challenges of digital services for healthcare clients in information and self-learning-focused applications. Translational design in healthcare improves patient care outcomes by integrating areas of practical and theoretical expertise and enhancing collaborative processes. In addition to product design, the focus area in translational health informatics includes aspects of utilization, implementation, and product maturation. Translational design in healthcare has intersections, especially in the sociotechnical trend of systems thinking. Ethical frames and aspects of care intensity guide design in healthcare. The current problems in contextual applications in healthcare concern the reliability and readability of medical information, data discovery and questions of perception, lack of evidence on application effectiveness, and lack of appropriate user interfaces for all customer groups, often combined with quality problems of visual design. This thesis investigates these questions through evaluative approaches and presentation of new development customs. The factors that allow the exploitation of applications are often related to the range of different quality components. Consequently, managing diverse quality thinking can enhance the professionalism of healthcare information technology (IT) designers. The thesis utilizes design science research methodology, which is based on IT. The concept and challenges of translational design in the contextual area are examined in the exploratory section of the thesis, and critical problems are addressed in the constructive section. The empirical part describes the content and development stages of an application focusing on preventive healthcare. The perspective of different healthcare customer groups should be better considered as an aid to design and quality assessment. Inclusive design is a growing interest area in this sector. The prognosis and effectiveness of care for the elderly population is often associated with prejudices and beliefs that lack consensus and sufficient evidence. Products aimed at the elderly population should especially pay attention to the development and evaluation of suitable user interfaces and feedback systems. The development of appropriately targeted functional applications, interfaces, and feedback systems, as well as quality assurance with an emphasis on optimal synergies, would promote patient care and often be favorably reflected in cost policies and the work of healthcare professionals and researchers. This thesis combines design frameworks, development prospects, and challenges in the field, emphasizing the importance of diverse quality assessment. It also aims at aiding designers in the area to comprehend the translational design challenge.