Medical and Community Care

The modern era of high performance, highly miniaturised electronics is opening many new opportunities in the community care and medical treatment sectors. With many powerful but easy to use instruments now available for monitoring vital signs such as heart rate or blood sugar level, an increasing number of patients, including elderly people, may self-monitor and administer their own treatment while at home.

But the advantages of home treatment depend critically on delivering an inviting user interface that is easy to understand and use, and protects the user against the possibility of incorrect usage or data entry. Touch screen technology, once again, is a critical enabler, as it can accommodate friendly and ergonomically correct user interface design principles to achieve each of these objectives.

People who may feel it is too late for them to acquire the computer skills of younger generations are able to benefit from the “always on” nature of life on email or the Internet, simply because touch screen technology encourages them to interact with the equipment they need to contact carers, relatives or friends, access information about events or services, arrange online to have meals delivered, subscribe to newsletters and generally live the connected life that the majority of citizens in the developed world also enjoy.

Touch screens are also particularly effective for partially sighted people, as the screens can be made large and colourful to facilitate easy interaction.

Want to know more about how touch screens can help you in the medical and community care sectors? Get in touch and one of our Customer Service team will respond to your request.