Human factors (also referred to as human factors psychology and human factors engineering) is an applied field of study that examines human abilities, limitations, behaviors, and processes in order to ...

Confusing mobile apps and unclear instructions can be frustrating for anyone. But imagine if these everyday annoyances weren't just inconvenient but held the potential to be dangerous. That's where ...

U.S. and EU regulators require human factors and usability testing to bring a medical device to market. Virginia Lang, PhD, president and chief scientist at HirLan Inc., an engineering consultancy ...

Replacing a draft guidance issued in February 2016, FDA recently finalized its guidance on the use of human factors engineering (HFE) in the development of combination medical devices with a drug or ...

“Anyone doing design, development, or postmarket surveillance for a medical product that humans use should be considering human factors and usability,” Shannon Hoste, chief scientific officer at ...

Human factors is an applied field of study at the crossroads of psychology, engineering, and computing that examines human abilities, limitations, behaviors, and processes in order to inform ...

Summarize research into the contributing factors to roadway crashes, Present basic human factors concepts and describe how they relate to driving, and Describe the four key human factors contributors ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), the world’s largest scientific association for human factors/ergonomics professionals, announced that the society’s ...