Transcript PicMedTree A Pictorial Family Medical History Tree Group Members: 

PicMedTree
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A Pictorial Family Medical History Tree
May 11, 2004
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Group Members:
Chun Him Chan -- [email protected]
Liqiong Deng -- [email protected]
Parissa Farahifar -- [email protected]
Mayookha Kariyawasam -- [email protected]
Introduction
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Purpose:
– Awareness of genetic diseases and conditions
– Inter-family communication
– Visual support
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cancers, diabetes, heart disease, high
cholesterol, and neurological diseases
Diseases and conditions that use pictorial
evidence such as:
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Albinism
obesity
heterochromia iridium
hair loss
Products currently
available
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The Family Tree Maker
+ easy to use
- lacks album, medical aspect
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The OneGreatFamily.com website
+ Online so allows easy linking
- No pictures
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The Family Tree Legend
+ pictures
- SW installation, no medical aspect
Intended Users
1. People with genetic disease
2. People who want to know if they are at
risk for genetic diseases
3. Caregivers who are able to update the
user's records after each visit.
Transition Diagram
DEMO
Usability Test: Subjects
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5 college students
4 older adults
Family history of: diabetes, blood pressure,
hair loss
Usability Test: Tasks
No training provided, some parts as demos
Time to complete: between 5 and 20 minutes
List of tasks:
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View the family tree at a particular depth
Change access level for the user’s health record
Fill out forms to create health record and profile
Print or send documents
Edit or save documents
Upload or download documents and photos
Usability Test: Results
Problems:
 Inefficient tree loading – have to click show
tree, then select level, then show tree again
 Include personal note on medical advice at
the bottom of personal profile
 Add date captions to the album
 Refine search (names and diseases)
 Help in fixing navigation bugs
Future Work
1. Support more than 1 family group
2. Automatic rearrangement of the tree after
adding new family members
3. Trees with a common ancestor can linked
together
4. Enable users to access health documents
5. Change PicMedTree to web-based
6. Give physicians access to patient’s profiles
Conclusion
We hope this project will be helpful for
people with a high risk of having a genetic
disease to understand more about the
family history of such diseases. As a result,
they can take good care of themselves and
their family members.
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank:
 Dr. Ben Shneiderman for his guidance on
our project
 Abiola, Jack, Vidushi and Alaa who provided
great feedback and suggestions for further
improvement
 Usability test participants
 Individuals who gave us permission to use
their pictures for demo purposes