Guided by usability experts, a workflow design process can be developed that exemplifies best practices and leads to the optimization of the continuum of care.
This article highlights the benefits of rigorously integrating usability design into the development of patient or layperson-operated combination devices used in home-based healthcare.
User preference and evaluation studies have been a mainstay design tool for medical device development innovation for decades. To veteran engineers, this design tool is simply good practice.
It is becoming common knowledge Human Factors Engineering (HFE), also known as Usability Engineering (UE), is required as part of most medical device development.