Weak eyesight therapy: A case study in designing an application for m-health systems

Progressively emerging information and e-communication technologies hold immense potential for applications in the health care sector. Growth of personal healthcare requirements can only be met through use of mobile technologies in the future. A future wheredoctors e-prescribe mobile applications in place of medicines, monitor and control patients' health through remote supervision is envisioned through this design case. This paper discusses the design of an application that facilitates patient-doctor consultation, remotely, after the mandatory initial consultative physical checkup. A system of follow up healthcare to impart therapeutic supervision through use of m-health technologies has been proposed. Object Oriented System Design methodology is used as a framework to conceptualize the system components and attributes. This system is contextualized to the problem of weak eyesight due to work related stress or old age and a proof of concept tablet application has been designed to impart weak eyesight therapy. The design methodology followed incorporated user centered design tools like Persona and Scenario building and user participation through Card sorting technique. The application has been prototyped and tested for usability. The methodology of design and outcome is presented in this paper.