Developing a Smart Phone Application for the OMAHA System Guidelines

Hae Sook Hong; In Keun Lee; Sung Jung Hong; Hwa Sun Kim

doi:10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.4.512

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Hong, Lee, Hong, and Kim: Developing a Smart Phone Application for the OMAHA System Guidelines

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2010; 21(4): 512-521.

Published online: 4 April 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.4.512

Developing a Smart Phone Application for the OMAHA System Guidelines

Hae Sook Hong¹, In Keun Lee², Sung Jung Hong³, Hwa Sun Kim³

¹Professor, College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, Korea.

²Post-doc, Department of Medical Informatics, Kyungpook National University, Korea.

³Doctorial 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

Received 27 October 2010 Revised 16 December 2010 Accepted 16 December 2010

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Abstract

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.

Keywords: Nursing Informatics, Community health nursing, Guideline, Education

Figures and Tables

Figure 1

Site maps of Omaha system guideline.

Figure 2

Six tables of Omaha system.

Figure 3

Android based test view of main menu.

Figure 4

Screen shot of Omaha system overview.

Figure 5

Searching problem or intervention.

Table 1

Overview of Persona

Table 2

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

Notes

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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