PicMedTree A Pictorial Family Medical History Tree A Pictorial Family Medical History Tree May 11, 2004 Group Members: Group Members: Chun Him Chan -- Liqiong Deng -- Parissa Farahifar -- Mayookha Kariyawasam --

Introduction Purpose: Purpose: –Awareness of genetic diseases and conditions –Inter-family communication –Visual support cancers, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, and neurological diseases cancers, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, and neurological diseases Diseases and conditions that use pictorial evidence such as: Diseases and conditions that use pictorial evidence such as: –Albinism –obesity –heterochromia iridium –hair loss

Products currently available The Family Tree Maker The Family Tree Maker + easy to use - lacks album, medical aspect The OneGreatFamily.com website The OneGreatFamily.com website + Online so allows easy linking - No pictures The Family Tree Legend The Family Tree Legend + pictures - SW installation, no medical aspect

Intended Users 1.People with genetic disease 2.People who want to know if they are at risk for genetic diseases 3.Caregivers who are able to update the user's records after each visit.

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DEMO

Usability Test: Subjects 5 college students 5 college students 4 older adults 4 older adults Family history of: diabetes, blood pressure, hair loss Family history of: diabetes, blood pressure, hair loss

Usability Test: Tasks No training provided, some parts as demos Time to complete: between 5 and 20 minutes List of tasks: View the family tree at a particular depthView the family tree at a particular depth Change access level for the user’s health recordChange access level for the user’s health record Fill out forms to create health record and profileFill out forms to create health record and profile Print or send documentsPrint or send documents Edit or save documentsEdit or save documents Upload or download documents and photosUpload or download documents and photos

Usability Test: Results Problems: Inefficient tree loading – have to click show tree, then select level, then show tree again Inefficient tree loading – have to click show tree, then select level, then show tree again Include personal note on medical advice at the bottom of personal profile Include personal note on medical advice at the bottom of personal profile Add date captions to the album Add date captions to the album Refine search (names and diseases) Refine search (names and diseases) Help in fixing navigation bugs Help in fixing navigation bugs

Future Work 1.Support more than 1 family group 2.Automatic rearrangement of the tree after adding new family members 3.Trees with a common ancestor can linked together 4.Enable users to access health documents 5.Change PicMedTree to web-based 6.Give physicians access to patient’s profiles

Conclusion We hope this project will be helpful for people with a high risk of having a genetic disease to understand more about the family history of such diseases. As a result, they can take good care of themselves and their family members.

Acknowledgement We would like to thank: Dr. Ben Shneiderman for his guidance on our project Dr. Ben Shneiderman for his guidance on our project Abiola, Jack, Vidushi and Alaa who provided great feedback and suggestions for further improvement Abiola, Jack, Vidushi and Alaa who provided great feedback and suggestions for further improvement Usability test participants Usability test participants Individuals who gave us permission to use their pictures for demo purposes Individuals who gave us permission to use their pictures for demo purposes