@conference { ISI:000391459700084, title = {Experiment Design of Free Pregnancy Monitoring Mobile Personal Health Records Quality Evaluation}, booktitle = {2016 IEEE 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON E-HEALTH NETWORKING, APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES (HEALTHCOM)}, year = {2016}, note = {18th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), Munich, GERMANY, SEP 14-16, 2016}, pages = {466-471}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, abstract = {In order to improve the management of the patients{\textquoteright} health data and promote the exchange between the patients and healthcare providers, mobile personal health records (mPHRs), as mobile applications, are used to access, store and manage these data. In this paper, a design of the software quality evaluation of free mPHRs for pregnancy monitoring is introduced. Ten mobile applications (4 for iOS and 6 for Android) are selected for the evaluation. A list of tasks is set to be executed in order to answer a quality assessment questionnaire that is developed for this purpose, covering the four quality characteristics: Functional suitability, Operability, Performance efficiency and Reliability, by using the ISO/IEC 25010 quality standard. This evaluation aims to analyze the degree of meeting these quality characteristics, in addition to the compliance between the users{\textquoteright} ratings in the apps stores and the fulfillment of the quality characteristics by the mPHRs for pregnancy monitoring. This study is intended to be developed by conducting the proposed design of the evaluation, which will be of great use for the developers of these apps for further improvements.}, isbn = {978-1-5090-3370-6}, author = {Idri, Ali and Bachiri, Mariam and Luis Fernandez-Aleman, Jose and Toval, Ambrosio} } @article { ISI:000349001200001, title = {Empirical Studies on Usability of mHealth Apps: A Systematic Literature Review}, journal = {JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS}, volume = {39}, number = {2}, year = {2015}, month = {FEB}, abstract = {The release of smartphones and tablets, which offer more advanced communication and computing capabilities, has led to the strong emergence of mHealth on the market. mHealth systems are being used to improve patients{\textquoteright} lives and their health, in addition to facilitating communication between doctors and patients. Researchers are now proposing mHealth applications for many health conditions such as dementia, autism, dysarthria, Parkinson{\textquoteright}s disease, and so on. Usability becomes a key factor in the adoption of these applications, which are often used by people who have problems when using mobile devices and who have a limited experience of technology. The aim of this paper is to investigate the empirical usability evaluation processes described in a total of 22 selected studies related to mHealth applications by means of a Systematic Literature Review. Our results show that the empirical evaluation methods employed as regards usability could be improved by the adoption of automated mechanisms. The evaluation processes should also be revised to combine more than one method. This paper will help researchers and developers to create more usable applications. Our study demonstrates the importance of adapting health applications to users{\textquoteright} need.}, issn = {0148-5598}, doi = {10.1007/s10916-014-0182-2}, author = {Cruz Zapata, Belen and Luis Fernandez-Aleman, Jose and Idri, Ali and Toval, Ambrosio} }