IEHF Member Dr Jennifer Martin who is a senior research fellow in human factors at the University of Nottingham is speaking at the Med Tech Innovation Expo in Coventry on Wednesday about ‘Overcoming technology abandonment through user friendly design’.
Jennifer will focus on how the last two decades have seen an increased appreciation of the importance of ergonomics (also known as human factors) in medical device development, with research focusing on the links between device design, poor usability, human error and patient safety. However, as healthcare delivery increasingly moving towards the home and community it is clear that broader issues must also be considered in order to develop healthcare technology that can – and will – be used correctly and regularly by a wide range of users. Using examples from recent research on clinical and home-use devices, her presentation will describe how taking a user-centred approach to design can improve not only safety, but also adherence, satisfaction and effectiveness.
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