Blood Pressure Monitor: Family Edition

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Demos
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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

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Conclusions

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

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Questions?
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