Hi, I'm Sally Manikin. I'm best known for being the face of Design Science, whether I'm acting as a mock patient or if you've followed my adventures (if you know, you know). However, you might not be aware that I also serve as a disc jockey for Design Science, getting our team pumped up for our usability studies. I've curated the perfect playlist of songs that I'm convinced are all about. Read more
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Join us as we virtually present our HFES Healthcare Symposium posters May 18. We are excited to share the research of our very own Human Factors Engineer, Emily Borst. She will be discussing her findings from her analysis of users’ previous injection experience and if it impacted their performance when using a new combination product. If you are as interested in her findings as we are, make sure. Read more
At Design Science our mission is to amplify the needs of users to cultivate advancement in health care technology. That’s why we need your input! We’re looking for medical professionals to participate in simulated studies at Design Science. Help influence how products can be made safer, easier, and better! Read more
Recently, we conducted a technical evaluation for ADAPT Pharma, Inc. In the evaluation we compared two delivery methods for the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone—NARCAN® Nasal Spray and a naloxone prefilled syringe with a nasal atomizer (PFS-NA). We found that the level of task complexity and number of steps within those tasks were substantially greater for PFS-NA than for the nasal. Read more
We put our heads together last week in a workshop aimed at expanding the role of Design Thinking in our organization’s culture. Every day, our engineers, researchers, designers, and strategic partnership associates use the methods of design thinking to tackle, analyze, and solve problems. The workshop was an excellent reminder that humans remain the focal point of our work. We spent the afternoon. Read more
On November 8, we celebrated World Usability Day by engaging with some excellent design professionals and talking about the apparent discord between user-driven product development and financial influences in the medical world. Read more
The first week of October, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) International Annual Meeting came to our hometown of Philadelphia! This conference included presentations and events from a variety of human factors domains, such as surface transportation, aviation, and, of course, healthcare. Since the meeting took place in our own backyard, we made sure to get involved in several ways. Read more
To celebrate World Usability Day this year, Design Science sent Larry and Ziggy out to explore the impact of design on people’s day-to-day lives. It turned out to be pretty significant. Read more
As a company that is perpetually seeking to make products highly usable, it's natural that we would apply that same scrutiny to how our own human factors usability studies are conducted. For the past few years, we've been exploring one specifically onerous aspect of usability studies: the ubiquitous pen and paper interview guide. Our clients are eager to ensure that our methods of capturing data. Read more
What makes a use risk assessment good? Researcher Bryon Calawa answers that question in Design Science’s latest guest column for MedDeviceOnline. Read more