Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design
2011

Review of Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design

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Author Information

Author(s): Loir M. Kelly, Jonathan A. Gaev

Primary Institution: ECRI Institute

Conclusion

The Handbook effectively raises awareness of important design issues in medical devices.

Supporting Evidence

  • The Handbook promotes the design of safe, effective, and usable medical devices.
  • Human factors design can significantly improve device safety and reduce user errors.
  • The book covers major topics impacting human factors in medical device design.

Takeaway

This book helps people understand how to make medical devices safer and easier to use by considering how humans interact with them.

Potential Biases

The review is from a non-profit research agency that does not accept funding from the medical device industry, reducing potential bias.

Limitations

The book does not provide specific solutions to design problems and lacks detailed coverage of devices on computer networks.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1186/1475-925X-10-46

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