| Interesting.. so they would be used on say, the side of a bottle of medication to warn someone about side effects?
That's very odd as well. Back to the drawing board on the icons, I would say. Those icons, if i saw them as something to warn me, would cause me to not want to use the drug or therapy at all, because they seem so definite in their statement of what "might" happen. They make it look like it will definitely happen.
Somehow the verbal list of items in one of those mile long disclaimers for drugs is less disconcerting than seeing those icons.
On Jan 20, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Christopher Herot wrote: I will admit to laughing out loud at some of the icons. The one for Suicidality is especially disconcerting. However, these are not icons for a diagnosis or symptoms – they are for warning about side effects to watch out for. If they get a few more patients to take notice that will be an improvement over the fine-print package inserts that come with prescription drugs. In general, I applaud the attempt to provide compelling visualizations of the patient’s health information if it will get patients more involved in taking care of themselves. From: Mary Hodder [mailto:
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