Connected Health

Considering Human Factors And Training In Medical Device Design

By ThriveAdmin | August 7, 2014
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The patient has become the end user when it comes to many types of medical technology, and that trend is likely to continue with the rise of mobile health (mHealth),… Read More »

Educating Patients on Self-administered Drug Injections

By ThriveAdmin | January 1, 2014
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With the time and resources invested in developing and evaluating new drugs through clinical trials, the reality is much of a new treatment’s success is dependent on patients’ ability to… Read More »

Multisensory Training and Smart Devices for Improving Pulmonary Drug Delivery

By ThriveAdmin | December 1, 2013
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In this article, Craig Baker, Executive Vice-President, Noble, highlights the importance of device training in the effective treatment of diseases for which inhaler-delivered therapeutics are prescribed. He outlines recent advances… Read More »

Building in Education – Multisensory Training for Patients

By ThriveAdmin | November 8, 2013
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As FDA works to ensure medical device safety and effectiveness, the agency is urging manufacturers to utilize human factors engineering during product design. After all, FDA’s Quality System Regulation on… Read More »