Table 1
Issues and Design Choices in the Phases “Generating Output” and “Using Output”
| Phase | Issue | Design Choice for AsthmaCritic |
| Generating output | Location singularity | Runs on the same machine as the other applications |
| Application consistency | Is integrated with the general practitioner information system | |
| Data-entry effort | Is noninquisitive—relies on routinely recorded patient data and does not ask for specific data entry | |
| Active case finding | Automatic case finding by the using triggers | |
| Using output | Professional autonomy | Physician makes decisions first, critique follows |
| Interface consistency | Matches the interface conventions of the general practitioner's patient-record system | |
| Timing | Lets the user start or interrupt processing or reading at any moment | |
| Information conciseness | Initial presentation telegraphic style | |
| Information justification | Explains in detail underlying reasoning | |
| Personal autonomy | User decides amount of detail and display of additional information |
