Involvement of frontline clinicians in healthcare technology development: Lessons learned from a ventilator project.

ABSTRACT: Co-development of healthcare technology with users helps produce user-friendly products, ensuring safe device usage and meeting patients' needs. For developers considering healthcare innovations, engaging user experience can reduce production time and cost while maximizing device application. The purpose of this paper is to report lessons learned from the development of a 3D printed origami ventilator prototype in response to the rise of ventilator demand due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. We conducted focus groups with frontline clinicians working in an Intensive Care Unit of a large urban hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In the interdisciplinary focus groups, we identified challenges, practical tips about product development, the human needs of technology

SUBMITTER: Lin MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8916792 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature