Using usability heuristics to evaluate patient safety of medical devices

• Published in: Journal of biomedical informatics Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 23 - 30
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jiajie, Johnson, Todd R, Patel, Vimla L, Paige, Danielle L, Kubose, Tate
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2003
• Subjects: Algorithms; Benchmarking - methods; Decision Support Techniques; Equipment Failure; Equipment Failure Analysis - methods; Equipment Failure Analysis - standards; Equipment Safety - methods; Equipment Safety - standards; Heuristic evaluation; Infusion pump; Infusion Pumps; Man-Machine Systems; Medical device; Medical error; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Medical Errors - standards; Patient safety; Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods; Quality Assurance, Health Care - standards; Safety Management - methods; Safety Management - standards; Software Validation; Usability; User-Computer Interface; Patient safety; Medical device; Infusion pump; Usability; Medical error; Heuristic evaluation

Objective. To modify the traditional heuristic evaluation method of assessing software usability so that it can be applied to medical devices and used to evaluate the patient safety of those devices through the identification and assessment of usability problems. Design. Heuristic evaluation, a usab...