Avinash Konkani: What Is UX Design?
A buzzword in the design industry, UX stands for user experience. A UX designer applies a user-centered design (UCD) process in the development of a product, helping to ensure that it is user friendly. The […]
Human Factors
Nathaniel Sims: Aviation’s Lessons for Healthcare Technology
In the wake of the deadly crash landing of the Asiana Airlines jet in San Francisco, there have been several reports in the news media examining whether pilots rely too much on technology. It’s a […]
William A. Hyman: Human Factors for Manual Safety Systems
Safety systems may be primarily automatic, semiautomatic, or fully manual. Automatic systems operate independently of the user. Semiautomatic systems are substantially facilitated by the design, but also rely on the user to ultimately activate them, […]
Christopher Colvin: Clarifying Human Factors
We are extraordinarily grateful that awareness of human factors (HF) has been growing in the healthcare community. For example, the FDA’s inclusion of HF requirements in its 510(k) licensing processing was a landmark event recognizing […]
Linda Harley: Balancing Abilities and Product Demands in Home Health
With increasing medical costs, an aging population, and the desire of older adults to age in place, the demand for in-home healthcare technologies is growing by gigantic leaps and bounds. This is due in part […]
