It is one of the best-known methods to challenge User interfaces of medical devices effectively. It is a very successful method in the formative or summative (validation) evaluation steps for medical devices.
Collect feedbacks about the use of a device, system or interface. For Medical Devices ergonomics and in the context of EN 62366 standards, this technique is useful for the evaluation of MD usability, the identification of ergonomics problems and the suggestion of conception improvements.
Expert reviews are based on Human Factors specialists' experience to identify the strengths and the weaknesses of an interface and propose new ways for improving it. Expert reviews can be conducted on mock-ups, functional prototypes or even medical devices already operational. When the review is performed on an incomplete conception, it enables to rapidly detect major problems without the expensive costs of User Testing. However, it is not sufficient, alone, to identify every single defect.
Creativity workshops imply the involvement of the solution's designers and future users. These workshops enable a quick progression in the product or service's conception by promoting innovation while having a direct feedback from the participants.
Designing a user interface consists in specifying the general principles of navigation, the menus, screens, typing methods' structure in reference to the user's needs. Because we believe in the fact that an image is worth more than a thousand words, we favorise the definition of interfaces specification in the form of a dynamic mock-up.
Understand and improve the human-device interaction of a system, a device or a work environment.As part of the EN 62366 standard, this technique is useful to identify use errors for Medical Devices and for the optimisation of their conception to make sure that their use is safe and efficient.
Define, identify and reduce the probability of the modes of failure (failures and known or potential errors of the Medical Device in its context of use). This method is a way to complement the Risk Analysis related to Use.
