Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
User Actions
AT Assessment Components
Center for Te chnical Aid
ICF factors
(user request)
START
User/client REQUEST
Request to
solve activity
limitations
Request to solve
environmental
restrictions
Contact
User seeking solution
12
Clinical measures, functional
analysis, and psycho-socio-
environmental evaluations
User data collection
Providing history
(medical, rehabilitation,
support use) and
psycho-socio-
environmental data
1
Multidisciplinary
team meeting
for:
- user data valuation
and- setting design
Data elaboration
2
NOT
3
User subjective
evaluation of
technological aids
2
User checking solution
Setting set-up
3
Matching process:
Environmental
assessment
process (
see
the Usability
and
Accessibility
evaluation
diagram
)
- assistive solution
proposal
- assistive solution
user-trial
- assistive solution
outcome
Te chnological
aid selection
User
evaluation of
assistive
solution
Temporary
or
permanent
EXIT
4
5
NOT
NOT
Environmental
evaluations
Assistive solution
Multidisciplinary
team evaluation
NOT
Assistive solution obtained:
public health system or
public/private insurance
2
3
User
agreement
User living solution
EXIT
NOT
NOT
Short/Long-term use
-Effectiveness
-E
ciency
-Usability
-Personal, emotional,
social, comfort with use
-Subjective well-being
-Benefit
Assistive Solution Provision
Personal well-being, user
satisfaction, and benefit
from use
User Support
Follow up
FIgUre I.1
(See color insert.)
Flow chart of Assistive Technology Assessment (ATA) process in a Centre for technical aid:
The ATA process can be read both from the perspective of the user/client or from the perspective of the Centre
for Technical Aid. In the central column are indicated the ATA components. Numbered button signs refer to the
chapter in Section I. Their position in the flow chart show an ideal matching with the ATA process.
c. The user-driven process begins with the ATA for an assistive solution.
d. The assistive solution is facilitated by the comprehensive utilization of clinical
measures, functional analysis, and psycho-socio-environmental evaluations.
e.
The user request is satisfied with the best matching of user/client and assistive
solution (including user well-being and realization of benefit from AT use).
f.
The center for technical aid verifies the user's satisfaction and realization of
benefit by activating support and follow-up. User well-being continues as long
as the solution, with support and follow-up, remains a good match.
B. Center for Technical Aid
a. The center for technical aid welcomes a user's request by activating an
initial meeting at a time and location that is satisfactory to the user/client
population.
b.
The initial interviewer is focused on gathering the user's background informa-
tion and psycho-socio-environmental data.
c. When the user provides data to the center for technical aid, data are collected
and the case is opened and transmitted to the multidisciplinary team.
