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Title: Medical device technologies: Who is the user?
Authors: Shah, SGS
Robinson, I
Keywords: Medical devices;User;Classification;Healthcare;Technology;Taxonomy;User perspective
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: Inderscience
Citation: International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management. 9(2): 181–197
Abstract: A myriad of medical devices deployed by many users play an essential role in healthcare, and they, and their users, need to be defined, classified and coded effectively. This study provides definitions of terms frequently employed to describe the users of medical device technologies (MDT) as well as a classification of such users. Devices are widely used, developed and assessed by many others than clinicians. Thus, users of medical devices need to be classified in various relevant ways, such as primary and secondary users; user groups such as healthcare professionals, patients, carers, persons with disabilities, those with special needs, as well as professionals allied with healthcare. Proper definition and classification of MDT users is particularly important for integrating the users’ perspectives in the process of MDT development and assessment, as well as in relation to the regulatory, health and safety, and insurance perspectives concerning MDT.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3924
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJHTM.2008.017372
ISSN: 1368-2156
Appears in Collections:Sociology
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Community Health and Public Health
Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers

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