Meaningful Integration of Data Analytics and Services in MIDAS Project: Engaging Users in the Co-Design of a Health Analytics Platform

Abstract

This paper outlines the scope and aims of the MIDAS Project, a Horizon 2020-funded initiative to develop a data analytics platform to support better policy-making in the European health sector. It focuses specifically on the engagement of users in the co-design of the platform, and describes a participatory workshop which encouraged stakeholders to share their understanding of the problem to be addressed and insights into potential solutions. The major elements of the workshop are described and the key results are presented. Participant feedback is analysed and the main lessons and insights are highlighted, including the importance of an adopting an iterative approach to user engagement in software design and development.

Affiliations

Ulster University

Jordanstown Campus

Northern Ireland

Ulster University

Magee Campus

Northern Ireland

University of Oulu

Oulu

Finland

Health Service Executive

Dublin

Ireland

Vicomtech

San Sebastian

Basque Country, Spain

Business Services Organisation

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Contributors

Brian Cleland

Jonathan Wallace

Raymond Bond

Michaela Black

Maurice Mulvenna

Deborah Rankin

Julius Francis Gomes

Peter Connolly

Gorka Epelde

Susan Campbell

Conference

Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-4

ID: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.169

Copyright statement: © Cleland et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of British HCI 2018. Belfast, UK.

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing