WEEK 31: Human Factors in Medical Rehabilitation Equipment Product Development and Usability Testing

 

Human factors is a discipline that focuses on those variables that affect the performance of individuals using equipment. The subject of this primer is the impact of design upon safe and effective use of medical devices. Errors in the use of such devices often are caused, at least in part, by the design of the user interface, i.e., those features with which healthcare practitioners and lay users interact. Mistakes made during device operation not only can hamper effective patient treatment, monitoring, or diagnosis but in some cases can lead to injury or death. It is important that medical devices be designed with consideration of the impact of design on safe use. This primer discusses human factors problems, general design principles, and human factors engineering methods and uses examples and illustrations for clarification.

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