Enabling Safe and Effective Diagnostic Tests, Treatments and Monitoring at Home
Increasing utilization of at-home healthcare products and telemedicine require new approaches to human factors, usability and design of medical devices. Learn more at Emergo by UL's Human Factors Research & Design division.
Essential Differences Between Heuristic Analysis and Expert Review
For manufacturers of medical devices, combination products, and IVDs, heuristic analysis and expert review are both approaches that make it possible to refine a product design before exposing it to potential users.
Six Everyday Products Initially Developed as Assistive Technology: Designing for Typically Excluded Users
In terms of medical device and IVD human factors engineering (HFE), usability and design, targeting "typically exclused" users can improve overall product benefit. Learn more at Emergo by UL's Human Factors Research & Design.
Design with the End User in Mind
Putting the user at the forefront of the medical device design process should start at the very beginning.
Home Healthcare Products Take Center Stage
Increasing utilization of at-home healthcare delivery has implications for how manufacturers develop and design medical device user interfaces.
HFE for Over-the-Counter Medical Devices and Combination Products: Nice to Have or Necessary?
Human factors experts Tamara Will and Tricia Gibo weigh in the necessity of human factors engineering (HFE) work when designing over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare products.
Crafting Effective Use Scenario Prompts: A Key to Medical Device Usability Test Success
Our Human Factors Research & Design team provides recommendations for developing appropriate and effective use scenario prompts to support more accurate medical device, IVD and combination product usability test results.
Introducing High Schoolers to Human Factors Engineering and Usability
Emergo by UL's Human Factors Research & Design team expanding awareness of human factors and usability.
Considering Icons for Mobile Applications and Connected Medical Devices
Use of icons in medical device and application interfaces should reflect appropriate best practices, standards and expectations.
Wiklund’s Perspective: Smart Products--and Ideally Intuitive as Well!
Smart medical devices and healthcare products require sound HFE and usability principles for design. Learn more at Emergo by UL's Human Factors Research & Design.