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

Designing Usability into Medical Products

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.

Designing Usability into Medical Products

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.

Designing Usability into Medical Products

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.

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