Simulating Healthcare Contexts of Use for Usability Testing Medical Devices Dick Horst UserWorks,...

Simulating Healthcare Contexts of Use for Usability Testing Medical Devices

Dick HorstUserWorks, Inc.

World Usability Day 2015November 12, 2015

Overview

• Lots happening in medical device usability and electronic healthcare records

• Driven by FDA regulatory guidance • This talk focuses on contexts of use, not the medical

products themselves• These contexts of use used for:– Product development, instructions for use– User research, usability testing– Training

• Will mention some colleagues, but not the clients

Colleagues

• Porkloin – Mark Becker, Jake Bevitt, Tristan Wilson plus MedStar’s National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare

• Mannequin for drug injections – Dana Douglas, Jake Bevitt, Kristen Davis plus Mauro Usability Sciences

• Wound treatment – Mark Becker, Jake Bevitt• Diabetes – Dana Douglas, Ann Walter, Jake Bevitt,

Tristan Wilson plus Stan Caplan of Usability Associates and Bresslergroup