Medical Instrumentation: Accessibility and Usability Considerations

by Jack M. Winters (Editor), Molly Follette Story (Editor)

Overview

Two of the most important yet often overlooked aspects of a medical device are its usability and accessibility. This is important not only for health care providers, but also for older patients and users with disabilities or activity limitations. Medical Instrumentation: Accessibility and Usability Considerations focuses on how lack of usabi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000654172
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	10/31/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	474
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Jack M. Winters, Ph.D., is professor of biomedical engineering and John P. Raynor Distinguished Chair at Marquette University and director of the RERC on Accessible Medical Instrumentation. Since receiving a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco, he has been a biomedical engineering faculty member for 20 years, twice serving as department chair. His areas of research include movement biomechanics, neurorehabilitation, telerehabilitation, and accessible medical instrumentation. Molly Follette Story, M.S., is president of Human Spectrum Design, L.L.C. and codirector of the RERC on Accessible Medical Instrumentation. From 1994 to 2004, she was coordinator of research at the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University and twice served as its interim executive director. She is also a Ph.D. student in ergonomics at University of California–Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Background: The Problem, Existing Infrastructure, and Possible Solutions. Tools for Usability and Accessibility Analysis. Considerations in Design Guideline Development. Considerations in Emerging Trends and Technologies. Outputs of the Workshop: Key Knowledge Gaps, Barriers, Recommendations. Appendices. Glossary of Terms.