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Matthew B. Weinger: The Path Forward for Satisfying User Interfaces in Health IT

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on November 10, 2015December 18, 2015
  • Healthcare IT

New rules, titled 2015 Edition Health Information Technology (Health IT) Certification Criteria, 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) Definition, and ONC Health IT Certification Program Modifications were recently provided for public comment. In my […]

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Frank E. Block, Jr.: Will Surveillance Alarm Systems for Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression Make Things Better or Worse?

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on February 12, 2015November 2, 2018
  • Patient Safety

AAMI and other organizations have been urging hospitals to address the problem of deaths from opioid-induced respiratory depression by installing surveillance alarm systems for all patients who are receiving opioids. But would such systems actually […]

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Suzanne Steidl: Great Work! Now Make It Available to Me, Please

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on January 28, 2014November 2, 2018
  • Healthcare IT

I am a healthcare consumer and caregiver. Last October, I was lucky enough to speak at the AAMI/FDA Healthcare Technology in Nonclinical Settings Summit. My panel focused on instructions for use (IFUs). My message, based […]

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Avinash Konkani: What Is UX Design?

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on October 14, 2013October 14, 2013
  • Healthcare IT

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 […]

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William A. Hyman: Human Factors for Manual Safety Systems

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on April 30, 2013November 2, 2018
  • Human Factors

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, […]

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Christopher Colvin: Clarifying Human Factors

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on April 1, 2013November 2, 2018
  • 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 […]

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Linda Harley: Balancing Abilities and Product Demands in Home Health

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on March 29, 2013November 2, 2018
  • Human Factors

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 […]

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Mary Logan: Human Factors and Mobile Health

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on December 10, 2012November 2, 2018
  • Wireless

I’m blogging about a blog that struck me after seeing exhibits and poster sessions at last week’s mHealth Summit. Laurie Reed, an engineer at The Farm, a medical device design and consulting firm, was my […]

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