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So You Say You Want a Redesign: Usability, Accessibility and the Constraints of Designing a Database-Driven Web Site

11/17/2000

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So You Say You Want a Redesign: Usability, Accessibility and the Constraints of Designing a Database-Driven Web Site

What is MedlinePlus?.http://medlineplus.gov

Current MedlinePlus Homepage

Why MedlinePlus?

Overview

October 22, 1998

MedlinePlus Today

Major Components

MedlinePlus Strengths

Health Topic Development

Main Health Topics Page

List of Health Topics

MEDLINE and ClinicalTrials.gov Links from Health Topic Page

MEDLINE Searches

“Canned” MEDLINE (PubMed) Search

ClinicalTrials.gov Links

“Canned” ClinicalTrials.gov Search

Drug Information

Drug Information Page

Medical Encyclopedia

adam.com Medical Encyclopedia Illustration

Technology

Database

MedlinePlus Input System

MedlinePlus Input System (2)

MedlinePlus Input System (3)

MedlinePlus Input System (4)

MedlinePlus Input System (5)

MedlinePlus Input System (6)

MedlinePlus Input System (7)

MedlinePlus System

MedlinePlus System (2)

Feedback and Evaluation

Customer Comment Suggestions

Usability Findings: Homepage Design (pre Aug 2000)

Findings: Homepage Design (pre Aug 2000) (2)

Result: Current MedlinePlus Homepage

Usability Findings: Health Topic Pages

Findings: Health Topic Pages (2)

Result: Current MedlinePlus Health Topic Page

Usability Findings: Search Page

Result: Search Page

Previous Health Topics Page

Result: Main Health Topics Page

Usability Findings: Linking to Off-site Resources

Usability Findings: adam.com Medical Encyclopedia

Findings: adam.com Medical Encyclopedia (2)

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - 13 Rules

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (2)

Database Design and Application “Usability” Issues

Database Structure

Database Structure (2)

URLs

URLs (2)

Some Challenges of Designing a Database-Driven Web Site

Challenges Beyond the Database: Style Sheets

Challenges Beyond the Database: Incorporating Vendor Content

Challenges Beyond the Database: Incorporating Vendor Content (2)

Challenges Beyond the Database: Incorporating Vendor Content (3)

Testing

Testing (2)

Test on a Text Browser (e.g. Lynx)

Usability Summary

Usability Summary (2)

What’s Left to Do on MedlinePlus?

Problems We Know We Need to Fix: Search engine results need to appear closer to the top

Preliminary Results from Usability Testing with Seniors

MedlinePlus Tomorrow

MedlinePlus Tomorrow (2)

Adding a News Feed Service to a Health Topic page

Adding a News Feed Service with Intrasystem Linking

Redesign Summary and Other Lessons Learned

Author: Jennifer Marill

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Last updated: 20 November 2000