Evaluating the Usability of Home Healthcare Applications

There is growing interest in devices for home healthcare applications. At world level, the life expectancy will increase from 67.2 years in 2010 to 75.4 years in 2050, and in more developed regions life expectancy will rise to 82.4 years by 2050 (UN, 2006). This has considerable consequences for healthcare budgets. The number of people with chronic illness is also increasing and due to frequent checkups at hospitals, these patients face reduced quality of life, because they have limited freedom to perform their daily activities. The aim of smart healthcare applications for the home is to reduce healthcare costs and at the same time increase the quality of life for patients. Home healthcare applications allow patients to conduct measurements from their own home (e.g. glucose measurements for diabetes patients) and send the results to the hospital. Other applications ABSTRACT