A few weeks ago Greg Thay, our principle and founder, presented at the ‘Human Factors and Usability for Medical Devices Workshop’, run by The Human Factors Centre, UK. It was a really insightful event featuring talks by Human Factors and Usability professionals – some of the top names in the UK, from some of the…
DetailsTechnology is everywhere we look today; and with it are recognisable graphics, branding, logos and emoji’s. Anyone with a smartphone, tablet or computer will be familiar with the emoji. Emojis are ideograms, that show facial expressions, symbols and a number of other characteristics. The original meaning of the word emoji comes from the Japanese language.…
DetailsUnderstanding users and how they use medical devices is important if you want to involve usability or human factors engineering as a prediction tool for how they may be used in real life. Researching and evaluating users in theory and practice with medical devices should give confidence in the potential uptake and use, which it…
DetailsA few weeks ago, one of the THAY Medical team presented at the Wearable Drug Delivery conference in London, run by ONdrugDelivery and The Management Forum. Our Managing Director and principal Human Factors Consultant, Greg Thay presented on the human factors involved in wearable drug delivery. The presentation focused on understanding emotion. Primarily because emotions…
DetailsBefore a medical device can be launched it is recommended that it go through a number of human factors and usability studies to ensure it is safe to use. These studies are used to develop safe medical devices and to ensure that they are usable by the intended users (patients, carers and healthcare professionals ect).…
DetailsI live at home with my family, a number of pets and luckily for myself and my family, very few medical devices. But as I age, I expect to be bringing home from hospitals and pharmacies more home-use medical devices – especially if hospital care is shifting towards home-based treatments and rehabilitation. This I do…
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