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Can health economics aid decision making in healthcare innovation in academia? (2012)
Journal Article
Lu, B., Martin, J. L., Craven, M. P., & Morgan, S. P. (2012). Can health economics aid decision making in healthcare innovation in academia?. International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, 11(1/2), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTTC.2012.043911

Health economics is extensively used by reimbursement agencies to make decisions on whether to adopt new medical technologies. It is also used by the healthcare industry as an aid to decision making during product development. This paper proposes tha... Read More about Can health economics aid decision making in healthcare innovation in academia?.

Surgeon opinion on new technologies in orthopaedic surgery (2011)
Journal Article
Craven, M. P., Martin, J. L., & Crowe, J. A. (2011). Surgeon opinion on new technologies in orthopaedic surgery. Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 35(3-4), 139-148. doi:10.3109/03091902.2011.554596

Technological advances such as computer navigation systems and robotics, includingsupport systems for minimally invasive surgery, have the potential to revolutionise howorthopaedic surgery is carried out. However uptake has so far been limited. Incre... Read More about Surgeon opinion on new technologies in orthopaedic surgery.

The role of the user within the medical device design and development process: medical device manufacturers' perspectives (2011)
Journal Article
Money, A. G., Barnett, J., Kuljis, J., Craven, M. P., Martin, J. L., & Young, T. (2011). The role of the user within the medical device design and development process: medical device manufacturers' perspectives. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 11(15), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-11-15

Background Academic literature and international standards bodies suggest that user involvement, via the incorporation of human factors engineering methods within the medical device design and development (MDDD) process, offer many benefits that e... Read More about The role of the user within the medical device design and development process: medical device manufacturers' perspectives.

Medical Device Development: the challenge for ergonomics (2008)
Journal Article
Martin, J. L., Norris, B. J., Murphy, E., & Crowe, J. A. (2008). Medical Device Development: the challenge for ergonomics. Applied Ergonomics, 39(3),

High quality, well designed medical devices are necessary to provide safe and effective clinical care for patients as well as to ensure the health and safety of professional and lay device users. Capturing the user requirements of users and incorpor... Read More about Medical Device Development: the challenge for ergonomics.

Capturing User Requirements in Medical Device Development: The Role of Ergonomics (2006)
Journal Article
Martin, J. L., Murphy, E., Crowe, J. A., & Norris, B. J. (2006). Capturing User Requirements in Medical Device Development: The Role of Ergonomics. Physiological Measurement, 27(8), Article R49-R62

Measuring and fulfilling user requirements during medical device development will result in successful products that improve patient safety, improve device effectiveness and reduce product recalls and modifications. Medical device users are an extre... Read More about Capturing User Requirements in Medical Device Development: The Role of Ergonomics.