Department of Informatics and Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Software Project Management Research Team, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2017 Jun;144:49-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2017.03.014. Epub 2017 Mar 18.
In the 21st century, e-health is proving to be one of the strongest drivers for the global transformation of the health care industry. Health information is currently truly ubiquitous and widespread, but in order to guarantee that everyone can appropriately access and understand this information, regardless of their origin, it is essential to bridge the international gap. The diversity of health information seekers languages and cultures signifies that e-health applications must be adapted to satisfy their needs.
In order to achieve this objective, current and future e-health programs should take into account the internationalization aspects. This paper presents an internationalization requirements specification in the form of a reusable requirements catalog, obtained from the principal related standards, and describes the key methodological elements needed to perform an e-health software audit by using the internationalization knowledge previously gathered.
S Health, a relevant, well-known Android application that has more than 150 million users in over 130 countries, was selected as a target for the e-health internationalization audit method and requirements specification presented above. This application example helped us to put into practice the proposal and show that the procedure is realistic and effective.
The approach presented in this study is subject to continuous improvement through the incorporation of new knowledge originating from additional information sources, such as other standards or stakeholders. The application example is useful for early evaluation and serves to assess the applicability of the internationalization catalog and audit methodology, and to improve them. It would be advisable to develop of an automated tool with which to carry out the audit method.
在 21 世纪，电子健康正在成为全球医疗保健行业转型的最强驱动力之一。健康信息目前确实无处不在且广泛分布，但为了确保每个人都可以根据自己的来源适当访问和理解这些信息，弥合国际差距至关重要。健康信息寻求者语言和文化的多样性意味着电子健康应用程序必须进行调整以满足他们的需求。
为了实现这一目标，当前和未来的电子健康计划应考虑到国际化方面。本文以可重复使用的需求目录的形式呈现了一份国际化需求规范，该规范源自主要相关标准，并描述了使用先前收集的国际化知识执行电子健康软件审核所需的关键方法元素。
S Health 是一个相关的、知名的 Android 应用程序，在 130 多个国家/地区拥有超过 1.5 亿用户，被选为上述电子健康国际化审核方法和需求规范的目标。该应用程序示例帮助我们实践了该提案，并表明该过程是现实且有效的。
本研究中提出的方法可以通过纳入新的知识来源（例如其他标准或利益相关者）不断改进。应用示例对于早期评估很有用，可用于评估国际化目录和审核方法的适用性，并对其进行改进。建议开发一个自动化工具来执行审核方法。
