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New patient questionnaires are extremely common in the world of healthcare, at least in Australia. My local doctor has one, as does my dentist and my podiatrist. The information these forms collect is the basis for the patient’s file and provides the starting point for the provision of services.
Because new patient forms are so prevalent, […]

Designing a new device for early injury detection requires a combination of research, design and engineering skills - from contextual observation to ergonomics to icon design. Bresslergroup’s design and development of the Infrascan details that process:
With any type of head injury time is of the essence, and the quicker any form of […]

Authors: Daniela Marghitu, Ph.D and Elizabeth Zylla-Jones, MS, CCC-SLP
Auburn University
Laws concerning education, inclusion and students with disabilities, such as Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (EHA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (IDEA), had changed the structure and design of the traditional classroom. IDEA states children with disabilities must […]

Medical devices rely on proper use to be “safe and effective,” which is why FDA has in recent years encouraged devicemakers to incorporate human factors engineering into their development processes. What is human factors engineering (or HFE)? FDA defines the term, simply, as the “application of human factors principles to the design of devices and […]

MacDailyNews reports that the Apple iPhone’s multi-touch user interface may be easy enough for even a 1-year-old baby to use. See the video evidence here.