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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
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