Table 3.
Identified information needs and design elements to address those needs
| Identified Information Needa | Design Element |
|---|---|
| Distinguish systolic from diastolic data points | Color differentiation |
| Visualize clinic home blood pressure data | Include both on visualization |
| Differentiate clinic and home data | Different symbols for sources |
| Contextual information about lifestyle and clinical events | Annotations |
| Relationship between medication and blood pressure | Blood pressure graph stacked with medication timeline |
| Understanding of blood pressure goals | Shaded goal ranges, default to those appropriate for patients age and comorbidity |
| Visualize out of range values | Shaded goal ranges were deemed sufficient, several ways of further highlighting out of range values were rejected by both groups |
| Customizable goal ranges | Customization using radio buttons corresponding to common guidelines |
| See the raw data | Include stacked data table |
| Patient burden for data entry | Automated data upload from device |
| Understand variable blood pressure data | Lowess smoothing line |
| Understand flow of data to care team | Future design of workflow adaptations for comprehensive hypertension care |
a All identified needs were expressed by both physicians and patients with the exception of customizable goal ranges, which was identified solely by physicians