Publications
Someday, one of our staff members may write a dramatic novel that has Hollywood scrambling for the movie rights. For now, we offer you links to several technical papers and presentations on human factors in design, as well as our recent books.
Books
Designing Usability into Medical Products
By Michael Wiklund and Stephen Wilcox
Advocating a user-centered approach to medical technology design, Designing Usability into Medical Products covers the essential processes and specific techniques necessary to produce safe, effective, usable, and appealing medical systems and products.
Anesthesia Informatics
J. Stonemetz and K. Ruskin (editors), Chapter 5 – Ensuring Usability Through Human Factors Engineering, by Michael Wiklund and Jonathan Kendler.
Wiklund’s and Kendler’s contribution to Anesthesia Informatics introduces readers to the human factors of software applications and discusses how future anesthesia information management systems can be designed to maximize usability and appeal while reducing the chance of use error.
Medical Instrumentation – Accessibility and Usability Considerations
J. Winters and M.F. Story (editors), Chapter 16 – Human Factors Standards for Medical Devices Promote Usability, by Michael Wiklund.
Wiklund’s contribution to Medical Instrumentation offers his perspective on today’s human factors standards as they relate to making medical devices more accessible to individuals with physical impairments. He points out that medical instruments that accommodate people with physical impairments are often more useful and pleasing to the user population as a whole, reflecting the underlying principle of universal design.
Webinars
Human Factors Approaches to Ensuring Safe Medical Devices
An AAMI Webinar moderated in November 2008 by Michael Wiklund and Jonathan Kendler
Design engineers, quality system managers, risk managers, and compliance officers have a responsibility to their employer, the clinician user, and the public to ensure that their medical device products are safe and effective. It is for this reason that medical device professionals must have a solid understanding of FDA regulations, possible hazards resulting from design flaws, and detailed steps to conduct and validate usability tests. To educate industry professionals on human factors concepts, AAMI offered a new three-part webinar series that provided participants with the opportunity to increase the safety and efficacy of their medical device products. Source: AAMI.
Recent articles
- Animated Videos Guide User Interactions with Complex Medical Devices
by Michael Wiklund and Jonathan Kendler
- Refined Touchpoints Drive Quality Perceptions
by Michael Wiklund
- The Art of Screen Design: Parts 1 and 2
by Michael Wiklund and Jonathan Kendler
- Defining and Designing for Worst-Case Users
by Michael Wiklund
- Addressing Women's Needs in Surgical Instrument Design
by Michael Wiklund
- (Roundtable) Developing User Requirements for Global Products
by Michael Wiklund
- Eleven Keys to Designing Error-Resistant Medical Devices
by Michael Wiklund
- Effective Communication Through Infographics
by Jonathan Kendler
- Medical Devices that Talk
by Michael Wiklund
- Human Factors: Moving in the Right Direction
by Michael Wiklund
- Making Medical Device Interfaces More User-Friendly
by Michael Wiklund
- Facilitating Decision Making With Visual Displays
by Jonathan Kendler
- Addressing the Problem of Medical Device Misuse
by Michael Wiklund