UXPA Boston 2017 Conference

The U.S. FDA and international regulatory bodies require usability testing of medical devices, products, software, and systems as part of their overall validation. Manufacturers must demonstrate that all potential use-related hazards have been identified, prioritized, and mitigated. The method for demonstrating this is human factors/usability engineering (HF/UE) validation testing. However, the way we conduct these studies is in many ways different from the way we conduct studies of non-medical products and systems.

This topic is relevant to the Boston UX community given the convergence of consumer and medical devices, as well as the rise of wearable technologies and the apps that interact with them. This presentation will cover the key aspects of HF/UE validation (a.k.a. ‘summative’) testing and what the FDA expects in the final HF/UE summary report.

Importantly, this session will consist of half presentation and half Q&A, with the audience driving the discussion toward current issues, questions, and challenges that are relevant to them.