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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
