Generic Requirements for Inclusive Healthcare Software: Supporting Older Adults and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Ita Richardson; Bilal Ahmad; Shweta Premanandan; Owen Doody; Sarah Beecham; Sofia Ouhbi; Muneef Alsahmmari; Asa Cajander

doi:10.1109/REW57809.2023.00081

Generic Requirements for Inclusive Healthcare Software: Supporting Older Adults and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Ita Richardson
, Bilal Ahmad
, Shweta Premanandan
, Owen Doody
, Sarah Beecham
, Sofia Ouhbi
, Muneef Alsahmmari
, Asa Cajander

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

As healthcare technology advances, it is important to ensure that everyone benefits from healthcare software, regardless of age or ability. That is why our research team has been working to identify and encapsulate the unique needs of two groups when developing software systems: older adults and people with mild intellectual and developmental disabilities. Through our research, we have developed design patterns that software engineers can use to create more usable healthcare software to support these groups. These patterns identify the generic requirements for usability including accessibility, crucial for creating software that meets the needs of marginalised populations. In this paper, we describe the steps we undertook to identify and develop these requirements. We discover many overlapping needs of these two cohorts. Our research aims to benefit older adults and people with mild intellectual and developmental disabilities and improve the lives of many others facing similar challenges. As we expand our research to other cohorts, we will be able to identify additional generic requirements that make healthcare software development more inclusive and effective.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023
Editors	Kurt Schneider, Fabiano Dalpiaz, Jennifer Horkoff
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	423-431
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350326918
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/REW57809.2023.00081
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023 - Hannover, Germany Duration: Sept 4 2023 → Sept 8 2023

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023

Conference

Conference	31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hannover
Period	9/4/23 → 9/8/23

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

accessibility
cohort
design patterns
generic requirements
healthcare software
usability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Software
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Education

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Richardson, I., Ahmad, B., Premanandan, S., Doody, O., Beecham, S., Ouhbi, S., Alsahmmari, M., & Cajander, A. (2023). Generic Requirements for Inclusive Healthcare Software: Supporting Older Adults and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability. In K. Schneider, F. Dalpiaz, & J. Horkoff (Eds.), Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023 (pp. 423-431). (Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/REW57809.2023.00081

Generic Requirements for Inclusive Healthcare Software: Supporting Older Adults and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability. / Richardson, Ita; Ahmad, Bilal; Premanandan, Shweta et al.
Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023. ed. / Kurt Schneider; Fabiano Dalpiaz; Jennifer Horkoff. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. p. 423-431 (Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Richardson, I, Ahmad, B, Premanandan, S, Doody, O, Beecham, S, Ouhbi, S, Alsahmmari, M & Cajander, A 2023, Generic Requirements for Inclusive Healthcare Software: Supporting Older Adults and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability. in K Schneider, F Dalpiaz & J Horkoff (eds), Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023. Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 423-431, 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023, Hannover, Germany, 9/4/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/REW57809.2023.00081

Richardson I, Ahmad B, Premanandan S, Doody O, Beecham S, Ouhbi S et al. Generic Requirements for Inclusive Healthcare Software: Supporting Older Adults and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability. In Schneider K, Dalpiaz F, Horkoff J, editors, Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023. p. 423-431. (Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023). doi: 10.1109/REW57809.2023.00081

Richardson, Ita ; Ahmad, Bilal ; Premanandan, Shweta et al. / Generic Requirements for Inclusive Healthcare Software : Supporting Older Adults and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability. Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023. editor / Kurt Schneider ; Fabiano Dalpiaz ; Jennifer Horkoff. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. pp. 423-431 (Proceedings - 31st IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2023).

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