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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/79349, first published .
Enhancing the User Experience of a Perioperative Digital Health Tool for Information Exchange Using a Human-Centered Design Thinking Approach: Qualitative Observational Study

Enhancing the User Experience of a Perioperative Digital Health Tool for Information Exchange Using a Human-Centered Design Thinking Approach: Qualitative Observational Study

Enhancing the User Experience of a Perioperative Digital Health Tool for Information Exchange Using a Human-Centered Design Thinking Approach: Qualitative Observational Study

Charlé Steyl   1 , MBChB, DCH, DA, MMed ;   Carljohan Orre   2 , MSc, PhD ;   Greg Foster   3 , MSc, PhD ;   Hanel Duvenage   4 , MSc ;   Michelle S Chew   5, 6 , MBBS, PhD ;   Hyla Louise Kluyts   1 , MBChB, MMed, DMed

1 Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa

2 Department of Computer Science and Media Technology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

3 Department of Information Systems, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa

4 Safe Surgery South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

5 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden

6 Department of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Corresponding Author:

  • Carljohan Orre, MSc, PhD
  • Department of Computer Science and Media Technology
  • Malmö University
  • Nordenskiöldsgatan 1
  • Malmö 211 19
  • Sweden
  • Email: carljohan.orre@mau.se