J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs JKACHN Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 1225-9594 2288-4203 Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.4.512 Original Article Developing a Smart Phone Application for the OMAHA System Guidelines Hong Hae Sook 1 Lee In Keun 2 Hong Sung Jung 3 Kim Hwa Sun 3 Professor, College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, Korea. Post-doc, Department of Medical Informatics, Kyungpook National University, Korea. Doctorial Course, College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University · Researcher, MIPTH, Kyungpook National University, Korea. Address reprint requests to: Kim, Hwa Sun, College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, 2-101 Dongin-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-422, Korea. Tel: 82-53-420-4896, Fax: 82-53-423-1242, pulala@paran.com 12 2010 04 04 2014 21 4 512 521 27 10 2010 16 12 2010 16 12 2010 © 2010 Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2010 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Purpose

The remarkable progress in information and communication technology has had a great effect on the healthcare delivery system. The development of smart phone applications is a new field. The aim of our research was to provide assistance in developing smart phone applications for community health nursing.

 Methods

Based on an informative approach, this study developed persona and site maps, followed by a storyboard as a way of analyzing users' requirements and designing responses in the context of smart phone application development methodology.

 Results

We developed persona, user interface and database design successfully, and then seven nurses selected four nursing problems (income, residence, pain, and digestion hydration). The search time in seconds for the 2005 English OMAHA guidelines to find three nursing interventions for these problems was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the smart phone application. The results showed that smart phone applications' search was 21 times faster on the average than book guidelines.

 Conclusion

An English version of the OMAHA system application was developed for the Android smart phone market. It is hoped that smart phone applications such as this will be used internationally for nursing education.

 Nursing Informatics Community health nursing Guideline Education National Reseach Foundation of Korea (NRF) grand funded by the Korea government (MEST) No.2010-0017073 R&D Program of MKE KI10033545 R&D Program of KEIT KI10033576

This work was supported by National Reseach Foundation of Korea (NRF) grand funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No.2010-0017073) and the R&D Program of MKE/KEIT (KI10033545, KI10033576).

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Site maps of Omaha system guideline.

Six tables of Omaha system.

Android based test view of main menu.

Screen shot of Omaha system overview.

Searching problem or intervention.

Overview of Persona

Searching Time between Book Guideline and Smart phone Guideline (Unit: Second)