Safe, Comfortable, Attractive, and Easy to Use Improving the Usability of Home Medical Devices (1996) / Chapter Skim
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
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INCENTIVES FOR Multiple factors are fueling the growth in home health care and home HOME CARE meclicalequipment.Acivancesinmeclicaltechnologyhaveenablecipeople to consider home care for chronic illnesses and clisabilities that wouIcl have kept them in a hospital or a nursing home in the past. Mounting pressures to contain health care costs have created economic incentives for home care.
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Using home medical equipment places serious responsibilities on caregivers and patients. Equipment failures and operator errors can be TABLE ~ Family Caregivers A Demographic Profile Characteristic Percentage Sex Age Female Male 30-39 40-59 60-69 70+ Marital Status Married Single, Widowed, Divorced Education High School Graduate Associate - 4-Year Degree Masters/Doctorate 81 16 9 68 13 7 79 19 36 39 19 Source: Caregiver Member Survey Report, Executive Summary, May 1994.
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An expanding field that includes ergonomics and usability engineering, human factors science has exam ined such issues as why power plant workers make errors, how furniture movers can avoid injury, and how people interact with computers and other forms of automation. Although human factors research is just beginning to be systematically used by the home medical device industry, we believe it holds great promise for the improvement of both equipment design and user training.
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The day concluded with a whole-group discussion of the major issues raised during the workshop. This report summarizes the workshop presentations and discussion of caregivers, manufacturers, suppliers, regulatory agencies, and human factors specialists.
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