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

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

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

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

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

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

Demos

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

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

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