Human Factors Horizons is a special, one-time magazine focused exclusively on human factors issues as they relate to medical devices. The latest in a series of special Horizons publications released by AAMI, it examines how the principles of human factors can be used to improve the design, use, and management of medical devices.

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Human Factors Horizons

	AAMI President Mary Logan Human Factors is No Picnic

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IN THE NEWS

• AAMI Adopts International Standard to Replace HE74
• FDA Highlights Pediatric Medical Device Adverse Events, Encourages Reporting
• Misreading Letters, Numbers Spells Trouble
• Quality, Safety of Home Healthcare and Role of Human Factors Addressed in New Report
• Biomeds Speak Out on Common Design Flaws
• HE75 Standard Tapped as Vital New Practical Resource

THE BIG PICTURE

• A Roundtable Discussion...Increased Focus on Human Factors Drives Device Safety Improvements
• Top 10 Ways to Easily Identify Human Factors Engineering Hazards
• Using Human-Centered Systems Engineering to Reduce Nurse Stakeholder Dissonance
  

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

• Human Factors Recommendations and Testing Considerations for FDA Premarket Medical Device Submissions
• Conducting Effective Summative Usability Tests of Medical Devices

PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE

• Choosing Safer Medical Technologies: How Human Factors Methods Can Help in the Procurement Process

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS

• Using Data to Improve Smart Intravenous Infusion Pumps
• Do Smart Pumps Actually Reduce Medication Errors?
• Remote Patient Monitoring: A Human Factors Assessment
• Human Factors Initiatives Aim to Make Tubing Misconnections Old News

IN MY OPINION

• Don't Forget the Maintainer