Making Hospitals Safer

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Ann Arbor, MI

An engaging talk on the role of human factors engineering in making medical devices safer and a tour of the National Center for Patient Safety‘s hands-on museum of medical devices. Brought to you by The Michigan Usability Professionals’ Association and the University of Michigan student chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

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Interview with Brian Phelps on User Interface Prototyping Tools

This interview was recorded on December 3, 2006.

Brian Phelps, an employee of Pfizer in Ann Arbor, presented to the MIUPA on “A Survey of User Interface Prototyping Tools” in August of 2006. Four months later, Timothy Keirnan caught up with Brian to review what Brian told the chapter about GUI prototyping in that meeting.

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World Usability Day for Michigan

November 8 , 2007
World Usability Day for Michigan

The event focused on usability in healthcare and included workshops and presentations on usability in software, products, and health care services by the following usability experts: Jason Withrow, Richard Sheridan, Jennifer Baird, Shane Lovellette, Janine A. Purcell, James Brennan, Sumanth Muthyala, Ergin Salih, Laurie Kantner, and Dr. S. Ann Becker.

Presented by the Michigan State University Usability & Accessibility Center in conjunction with the Michigan Usability Professionals’ Association.