本篇論文描述一個智慧型藥車使用者介面的設計與實作。這是一台可以讓護理師推到各個病房內給藥及護理的藥車，在這台智慧型藥車上軟體的使用者介面就是我們所需要設計並實作。為此我們的目的是提供護理師們一個相當直覺化、圖像化並可以客製化的使用者介面，此介面畫面設計需要相當清晰明瞭，避免一次顯示過量資訊；在使用者介面上亦需要提供若干捷徑方面使用者簡化他們的工作流程；使用者介面上所套用的文字皆可因應各醫院的不同而方便修改，在使用者操作流程中越是頻繁的動作，使用者介面的回應會適度少些，越重要或不尋常的操作，使用者介面回應就會多些；操作過程中一旦發生錯誤，使用者介面會提供淺顯的錯誤訊息，避免使用者驚慌失措。

ABSTRACT I
摘要 II
致謝 III
TABLE OF CONTENTES IV
LIST OF FIGURES VII
LIST OF TABLES X
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 MOTIVATION 1
1.2 CONTRIBUTION 4
1.3 ORGANIZATION 6
CHAPTER 2 RELATED WORK 8
2.1 SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE 8
2.2 REQUIREMENTS OF USER INTERFACE DESIGN 15
2.2.1 Poor User Interface Design 15
2.2.2 UI Design Principles 17
CHAPTER 3 ASSUMPTION 21_Toc249678595
CHAPTER 4 USER SCENARIO 29
4.1 USER LOGIN 30
4.2 MEDICATION PREPARATION 33
4.3 MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION 36
4.4 PATIENT CARE AND RECORD COLLECTION 38
4.5 SHIFT CHANGE AND USER LOGOUT 41
CHAPTER 5 ARCHITECTURE 43
5.1 STRUCTURE 43
5.2 DATA READERS AND WRITERS 48
CHAPTER 6 IMPLEMENTATION 51
6.1 CONFIGURATION 51
6.2 MULTITHREADING AND ASYNCHRONOUS PROGRAMMING 55
6.3 TWO-PHASE PROGRESS INITIALIZATION 59
6.3.1 Phase 1 Initialization 59
6.3.2 Phase 2 Initialization 62
6.4 MODULE INTERACTIONS 69
6.4.1 Data Update 69
6.4.2 Prescription Change 70
6.4.3 Schedule Event Addition, Modification, and Deletion 72
CHAPTER 7 SUMMARY AND FUTURE WORKS 74
REFERENCE 76
APPENDIX 79
I. ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD (EMR) 79
II. COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY (CPOE) 81
III. ELECTRONIC MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION RECORD (EMAR) & BARCODE MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION (BCMA) 84
IV. SOURCE CODE OF CONFIGURATION FILES 87
V. INUC USER INTERFACE SCREENSHOT 90

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