Evaluations of medical device usability during clinical investigations: a scoping review of clinical study protocols.

Objective: Combining clinical investigations with usability studies provides valuable information for medical devices evaluation. But both types of study are very different in terms of objectives and methodologies. How are usability studies integrated into clinical investigations in practice?

Methods: We searched the ClinicalTrials.

Competitive Usability Evaluation of Electronic Health Records: Preliminary Results of a Case Study.

It is necessary for hospitals to be able to compare the usability of electronic health records (EHR) before acquisition. Adding usability as a critical element of the procurement process is therefore crucial. During the competitive usability evaluation of several EHRs, the usability walkthrough method has the potential of making end-users more active in the procurement process than demonstrations.