Beyond Engineering: Integrating UX for Safer and More Efficient Medical Products

MedCity News August 2, 2024
Yegor Tsynkevic

Many medtech products, very often too technical and scientific, emphasize features at the expense of processes and their interactions. While the approach to patient and treatment safety is crucial, there is a notable shift towards processes centered around patients and healthcare professionals.

There is no doubt that medical technology development requires a fleet of technical and scientific minds to prove feasibility. However, for a long time, product design in healthtech and medical device interface design was directly determined by founders’ and engineers’ vision. Their primary goals revolved around meeting specific requirements, deadlines, and completing critical features. Whenever UX considerations were taken into account, the primary focus was on minimizing patient risks. As a result, many medtech products — very often...

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