Human Factors to support safe and successful healthcare products

This workshop will consider how Human Factors can support safe and successful healthcare products (with a focus on point of care devices.) It will identify the key variables currently explored in clinical field studies,... [ view full abstract ]

This workshop will consider how Human Factors can support safe and successful healthcare products (with a focus on point of care devices.) It will identify the key variables currently explored in clinical field studies, which methods are used and where there are gaps.

Point of care (POC) devices are becoming ever more important in global healthcare. These technologies are constantly evolving as tools to support home care, evidence-based personalized care, patient centered medicine, and preventive healthcare. POC devices are becoming progressively more available in clinical environments. Although, data on so called, ‘device recalls’ as well as international standards on medical devices suggest that interaction assessment should not end after the product release, human factors methods still struggle to be included in clinical and empirical studies such devices.
The literature identifies that rapid bed-side tests offer several advantages compared to laboratory test. However there remains a lack of knowledge of the risk arising from human factors variables associated with the use of these devices in the field.
Workshop will explore, on the basis of a literature review:
- Which are the key variables currently explored in clinical field studies on POC device?
- Which are the methods to be user and where are the gaps?
Participants will be ask to work in groups to discuss which are the most cost effective methods to assess these key variables.