Investigating an HCI evaluation criteria framework for patient-centered eHealth solutions a case study of self-management of heart failure

Heart failure seems inevitable as we grow older; even younger people succumb to its cruel onset. Finding solutions has kept medical researchers continually chasing ways to limit its effects. Yet much can be done in a proactive sense for patients with heart conditions that can be used to support patients in becoming reflective, empowered and active self-carers themselves. We investigated individual patient-centered case-studies, to understand how to best encourage people to become confident self-carers. We propose that a successful evaluation framework should consider the need for individual extensibility of effective human-computer interactive (HCI) healthcare solutions to design and build a proof-of-concept eLearning system that innovates quality eHealth education for self-care heart failure prevention.