Better quality in healthcare through gamified simulation based skill training application

Although the screening of abdominal aortic diameter helps to identifymen with abdominal aortic aneurysm and saves lives, there is need to coordinateand synchronize screening personnel\u27s way to work. This article describes thedesign of a game based skill training application that could give the screeningpersonnel an additional opportunity to refine measuring of abdominal aorticdiameter in ultrasound images. The design work follows the steps of the GoalDirected design process. Consequently, the design activities are divided into sixphases: the Research, Modelling, Requirements Definition, Framework Definition,Refinement and Development support. The design process described in this paperfinishes with usability testing of an interactive prototype. The evaluation of thedesign was conducted with end users by studying their subjective ratings andperformance on given tasks. The overall results of the usability testing show thatthe interactive prototype of the skill training application is not yet fully usable.Consequently, further improvement of the interface design is needed. Theidentified usability issues and collected qualitative and quantitative material aboutthe interaction between test participants and the interface can guide the next designiteration and lead to more usable design

Better quality in healthcare through gamified simulation based skill training application

Although the screening of abdominal aortic diameter helps to identifymen with abdominal aortic aneurysm and saves lives, there is need to coordinateand synchronize screening personnel\u27s way to work. This article describes thedesign of a game based skill training application that could give the screeningpersonnel an additional opportunity to refine measuring of abdominal aorticdiameter in ultrasound images. The design work follows the steps of the GoalDirected design process. Consequently, the design activities are divided into sixphases: the Research, Modelling, Requirements Definition, Framework Definition,Refinement and Development support. The design process described in this paperfinishes with usability testing of an interactive prototype. The evaluation of thedesign was conducted with end users by studying their subjective ratings andperformance on given tasks. The overall results of the usability testing show thatthe interactive prototype of the skill training application is not yet fully usable.Consequently, further improvement of the interface design is needed. Theidentified usability issues and collected qualitative and quantitative material aboutthe interaction between test participants and the interface can guide the next designiteration and lead to more usable design

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Whole Slide Imaging Connectathon at Digital Pathology Association Pathology Visions 2017

As digital pathology systems for clinical diagnostic work applications become mainstream, interoperability between these systems from different vendors becomes critical. For the first time, multiple digital pathology vendors have publicly revealed the use of the digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) standard file format and network protocol to communicate between separate whole slide acquisition, storage, and viewing components. Note the use of DICOM for clinical diagnostic applications is still to be validated in the United States. The successful demonstration shows that the DICOM standard is fundamentally sound, though many lessons were learned. These lessons will be incorporated as incremental improvements in the standard, provide more detailed profiles to constrain variation for specific use cases, and offer educational material for implementers. Future Connectathon events will expand the scope to include more devices and vendors, as well as more ambitious use cases including laboratory information system integration and annotation for image analysis, as well as more geographic diversity. Users should request DICOM features in all purchases and contracts. It is anticipated that the growth of DICOM-compliant manufacturers will likely also ease DICOM for pathology becoming a recognized standard and as such the regulatory pathway for digital pathology products