Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Health Care Symposium. Since I work on medical devices, I mainly went to the presentations in the medical devices track and found them to be very interesting and educational. The opening keynote speaker, Dr. Ross Ungerleider, talked about practices that foster an environment (particularly in an operating room) conducive to innovative thinking and learning from human error. There were a number of presenters from the medical device industry who shared case studies, lessons learned, and various models for applying usability in their individual companies and departments. We were also fortunate to learn about some changes coming for human factors standards and the latest FDA perspectives on best practices, which I thought I’d share with you this week.
[fa icon="clock-o"] 3/20/13 7:11 AM [fa icon="user"] Ryan Kasun [fa icon="folder-open'] Medical Devices, ergonomics society, medical device industry, human factors standards, human error, fda perspectives, industry guidance, regulatory submissions, usability engineering, CDRH, human factors group
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