Ubiquitous Healthcare: Do we want it?

Abstract

In this paper we describe the development and test of a futuristic health scenario that allows the seamless exchange of sensitive personal data. The scenario was used to elicit user attitudes and concerns in thirty-eight focus groups drawn from a representative population sample. Emergent themes are described in terms of firstly, those hygiene factors that act as precursors to successful engagement with the technology, secondly, those motivators that would drive acceptance and thirdly, longer-term societal impact.

Affiliations

PaCTLab

Northumbria University

Newcastle upon Tyne

#44 191 2437250

Contributors

Linda Little

Pam Briggs

Conference

Publication date: September 2008

Publication date (Print): September 2008

Pages: 53-56

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2008.32

Copyright statement: © Linda Little et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. People and Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction

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Conference name: People and Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 22

Conference location: Conference Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Conference date: 1 - 5 September 2008

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Computers XXII Culture, Creativity, Interaction

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing