[eHealth] Re: your participation?

[Robert Jacob]

Well, I may be an outlier in our crew, but I'll try...

As I put on the wiki, first I have to admit I have not
actually worked in eHealth, but have worked on several
topics that I hope will connect.

My current work is on "healthy" brain-computer interfaces,
that is for non-disabled users. This and other stuff I"ve
done (like eye movement-based interfaces and peripheral
displays) all involve lightweight, non-intentional, or
non-command interfaces, which glean information from the
user implicitly, and should respond in correspondingly
gentle, peripheral, non-intrusive ways.

So I'm interested in how this kind of "lightweight"
interface might be an excellent match for eHealth
situations. I'm assuming that, for most users, health and
fitness are a secondary task within their life, so our
systems are typically interrupting their "main" tasks, and
so we need user interfaces that avoid being too burdensome
or intrusive.  So lightweight interfaces could glean
information about the user without much effort on their
part. And communicate to the user in subtle, peripheral,
non-annoying ways.

--Rob

EMAIL:  jacob at cs.tufts.edu
SNAIL:  Robert J.K. Jacob
         Department of Computer Science
         Tufts University
         161 College Avenue
         Medford, Mass. 02155 U.S.A.
PHONE:  +1-617-627-2225
WWW:    http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~jacob/


m.c. schraefel wrote:
> Hello panelists,
> how can i help inspire you to join a discussion in preparation for this panel?
> 
> We're trying to avoid the traditional "please prepare a five minute 
> blurb and open the floor for discussion"
> 
> and get a general discussion and set of topics moving.
> 
> So here's your platform and opportunity to rant a bit with a group 
> who've said they're interested in this topic - nay are quite 
> passionate about issues around access to information from class and 
> regional perspectives and other user positionalities.
> 
> Please feel free to leap in!
> 
> mc
> 
>> Some of you folks have kindly taken the time to fill in your areas 
>> on the wiki for the up coming chi ehealth panel.
>>
>> thank you,
>>
>> Peter suggested that a mailing list may be an easier way to move 
>> discussion along.
>>
>> Ok then:
>>
>> given your experience with health information - online or off - 
>> looking at how people try to get information or how we try to keep 
>> track or share that information -
>>
>> 1) what is one thing about which you might say you were passionate - 
>> that absolutely has to be discussed at a panel concerned with 
>> proactive/preventative health support and human usable, human useful 
>> design?
>>
>>
>> 2) what have you found that is one take away from any work you have 
>> done in making health related info systems useful/usable that you 
>> would like others to know/keep in mind/use?
>>
>> With thanks for your time,
>>
>> looking forward to the discussion here,
>>
>> mc
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