Utilising User-Centred Design to Develop a Clinical Guidelines Mobile Application

Clinical guidelines are utilised by clinicians worldwide. Despite widespread use, accessing clinical guidance and information can be highly inefficient and restrictive. At present, there are no 'standards' (clear methods, designs, recommendations) relating to clinical guidelines for use on mobile devices. Previous studies have investigated the delivery of clinical guidelines on mobile devices, but rarely implement well-known heuristics for design and often fail to involve users in each aspect of design and development, leading to poor information usability. To investigate solutions, a user-centred design approach was utilised to inform the design of a smartphone application to deliver clinical guidelines.