Survey and Test Platform for Use in Underserved Populations

描述（申请人提供）：先进医疗电子公司与约翰霍普金斯大学医学院合作，提出开发一种硬件/软件平台，适用于在从起居室到图书馆、社区中心到疗养院的环境中向服务不足的人群管理各种测试和调查仪器，从美国的内陆城市和乡村到发展中国家的各个地方。该原型将用于筛选测试和视觉功能调查。硬件将是耐用的，并具有内置的校准和监测能力;眼睛跟踪能力将是设计和原型的一个组成部分。该软件将足够简单，允许非专业人员按照内置屏幕课程的简短说明进行管理;该软件将具有内置冗余和错误检查。操作环境将被设置为开放访问，允许第三方开发人员在这个平台上实现各种测试和调查。 公共卫生相关性：对服务不足人群的健康研究，无论是在美国农村还是在发展中国家，往往缺乏精确和通用的测试和调查仪器，以及训练有素的专业人员来操作这些仪器。该提案的主要目标是建立一个基于平板电脑的原型测试和调查平台，该平台带有辅助屏幕、校准和监测硬件和软件工具以及视线跟踪子系统。该原型将面向视觉功能的筛选测试和调查，但可以很容易地扩展到感官功能和健康的其他方面。这样的平台可以被社区的调查员用来快速筛查可能需要医疗照顾的感官和健康问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Advanced Medical Electronics Corp, in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, proposes to develop a hardware/software platform suitable for administering a variety of tests and survey instruments to underserved populations in settings that can range from living rooms to libraries, community centers to nursing homes, and from inner cities and rural counties in the US to locations throughout the developing world. This prototype will be geared towards screening tests and surveys of visual function. The hardware will be physically durable and have built-in calibration and monitoring capability; eye-tracking capability will be an integral part of the design and prototype. The software will be sufficiently simple to allow administration by non-professionals, following a brief instruction through a built-in on-screen course; the software will have built- in redundancy and error checking. The operating environment will be set up for open access, allowing third- party developers to implement a variety of tests and surveys on this platform PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Health studies of underserved populations, whether in the rural US or in the developing world, often lack precise and versatile test and survey instruments, and trained professionals to operate these instruments. The major objective of this proposal is to create a prototype test and survey platform based on a tablet PC with a secondary screen, with calibration and monitoring hardware and software tools, and a gaze-tracking subsystem. This prototype will be geared towards screening tests and surveys of visual function, but can easily be expanded to other aspects of sensory function and wellness. Such a platform can be used by surveyors in the community to rapidly screen for sensory and wellness problems that may warrant medical attention.