Electronic health records (EHRs) have been used to store patient data since the 1960’s, but the adoption rate in the United States is far behind other countries since physicians were and still are frustrated with the usability of these systems. With the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, the design opportunity for mobile EHRs was created, but as companies have started to build applications, many design questions around designing for mobile and healthcare are still in need of answers. This talk covers some of the lessons learnt from building mobile EHR applications, the types of design problems that need solving when designing an application based on desktop software, and the complexities of designing applications where patients’ lives are at stake.
