Universal Access in Health Telematics: A Design Code of Practice: 3041 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3041) - Softcover

Stephanidis, Constantine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540261672 ISBN 13: 9783540261674

Publisher: Springer, 2008

Synopsis

The Information Society is bringing about radical changes in the way people work and interact with each other and with information. In contrast to previous information processing paradigms, where the vast majority of computer-mediated tasks were business-oriented and executed by office workers using the personal computer in its various forms (i. e. , initially alphanumeric terminals and later on graphical user interfaces), the Information Society signifies a growth not only in the range and scope of the tasks, but also in the way in which they are carried out and experienced. To address the resulting dimensions of diversity, the notion of universal access is critically important. Universal access implies the accessibility and usability of Information Society technologies by anyone, anywhere, anytime. Universal access aims to enable equitable access and active participation of potentially all citizens in existing and emerging computer-mediated human activities by developing universally accessible and usable products and services, which are capable of accommodating individual user requirements in different contexts of use and independently of location, target machine, or run-time environment. In the context of the emerging Information Society, universal access becomes predominantly an issue of design, pointing to the compelling need for devising systematic and cost-effective approaches to designing systems that accommodate the requirements of the widest possible range of end-users. Recent developments have emphasized the need to consolidate progress by means of establishing a common vocabulary and a code of design practice, which addresses the specific challenges posed by universal access.

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Synopsis

The information society is bringing about radical changes in the way people work and interact with each other and with information. There is an obvious need to consolidate progress by means of establishing a common vocabulary and a code of design practice, which addresses the specific challenges posed by universal access. IS4ALL, Information Society for All, is an European Commission funded thematic network that is devoted to consolidating and codifying available knowledge of universal access in the context of health telematics in a principled way. This book reports the most representative findings of the IS4ALL Consortium towards establishing a validated code of universal access practice in health informatics. The book opens with a systematic introduction and then presents a variety of scenario-driven methods and approaches for interactive software design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540261672
• ISBN 13: 9783540261674
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332