Human factors (also referred to as human factors psychology and human factors engineering) is an applied field of study that examines human abilities, limitations, behaviors, and processes in order to ...

“Anyone doing design, development, or postmarket surveillance for a medical product that humans use should be considering human factors and usability,” Shannon Hoste, chief scientific officer at ...

If you are interested in understanding people—how they think, behave, and interact with other people, technology, or the world around them—in order to improve their personal and professional ...

DUNEDIN, FL / ACCESSWIRE / March 20, 2023 / BlackHägen Design, a user-centered medical device development consultancy, is pleased to announce that Jeff Morang has been promoted to Director of Human ...

The wheels of medical device regulation turn slowly at times. But just like The Little Engine That Could, it usually reaches its destination eventually. One of the slowest moving regulations was FDA's ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), the world’s largest scientific association for human factors/ergonomics professionals, announced that the society’s ...

The Board on Human-Systems Integration (BOHSI) brings together experts to improve understanding of how people and organizational systems interact with technology. It identifies critical issues in ...

Over the next year, the term human factors must become very important to those who develop and market medical devices (if the term is not already). Developers must take a look at some common ...

When engineering software systems and processes, one factor key to success that is particularly complex and challenging to account for, and often not proactively focused on, is the human factor.