Designing Usability into Medical Products

Advocating a user-centered approach to medical technology this book covers the essential processes and specific techniques necessary to produce safe, effective, usable, and appealing medical systems and products. Written by experts on user-centered research, design, and evaluation, the book provides a range of alternative approaches. Wiklund and Wilcox explore how to make medical devices safe and effective by involving users in the design process. They discuss specific design and evaluation methods and tools, present case studies of user-friendly medical technologies and corporate human factors programs, and supply related resources for medical design professionals.

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. Written by experts on user-centered research, design, and evaluation, the book provides a range of alternative approaches to the subject. Wiklund and Wilcox explore how to make medical devices safe and effective by involving users in the design process. They discuss specific design and evaluation methods and tools, present case studies of user-friendly medical technologies and corporate human factors programs, and supply related resources for medical design professionals.The book conveys an in-depth understanding of the user-centered design process, covers design methods for FDA compliance, and offers guidance on performing a variety of hands-on user research, user interface design, and user interface evaluation. The authors make a compelling case for treating the user's needs and preferences as a top design priority, rather than an afterthought. They demonstrate that high-quality customer interactions with systems and products leads to effective medical diagnosis and treatment, increases the physical and mental well being of patients and caregivers, and leads to commercial success in a crowded marketplace.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSESThe Rising Bar - Medical Product Design Excellence, M.E. WiklundThe Role of Industrial Design and Human Engineeringin the Design of Software-Driven Medical Products, S.B. WilcoxIs Your Human Factors Program Ready for FDA Scrutiny? M.E. WiklundHuman Factors RoundtableUser-Centered Medical Product Development and theProblem of Egocentrism, S.B. WilcoxEthnographic Methods for New Product Development, S.B. WilcoxTime-Lapse Video Offers More Information in Less Time, S.B. WilcoxFinding and Using Data Regarding the Shape and Sizeof the User's Body, S.B. WilcoxCan You Trust What People Say? S.B. WilcoxEight Ways to Kill Innovation, S.B. WilcoxDeveloping Testable Product Simulations:Speed Is of the Essence, S.B. WilcoxPatient Simulators Breathe Life into Product Testing, M.E. WiklundReturn of the Renaissance Person: A Valuable Contributorto Medical Product Development, S.B. WilcoxPatenting Software User Interfaces, M.E. WiklundDESIGN METHODS AND GUIDANCEThe Vision Statement for Product Design - In Your Mind's Eye, M.E. WiklundMaking Medical Device Interfaces More User-Friendly, M.E. WiklundControlling Complexity, M.E. WiklundEleven Keys to Designing Error-ResistantMedical Devices, M.E. WiklundDesigning a Global User Interface, M.E. WiklundWhy Choose Color Displays? M.E. WiklundIntuitive Design: Removing Obstacles Also Increases Appeal, M.E. WiklundMedical Devices That Talk, M.E. WiklundHome-Healthcare: Applying Inclusive Design Principles to Medical Devices, S.B. WilcoxDesigning Usable Auditory Signals, S.B. WilcoxMedical Device User Manuals: Shifting toward Computerization, M.E. WiklundCORPORATE HUMAN FACTORS PROGRAMSUser-Centered Design at Abbott Laboratories, E.W. Israelski and W.H. MutoUser-Centered Design at ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, L. SpreckelmeierPRODUCT DESIGN CASE STUDIESCase Study: Personal Hemodialysis SystemCase Study: Patient MonitorCase Study: Contrast Medium Injector System for CT ScanningCase Study: Remotely Controlled DefibrillatorResourcesIndex