Email updates   Open Access Research article   Arthur G Money1*,
Julie Barnett2, Jasna Kuljis2, Michael P Craven3, Jennifer L
Martin3 and Terry Young2  Author Affiliations  1 Department of
Computer Science and Technology, University of Bedfordshire,
Park Square, Luton, LU1 3JU, UK  2 Department of Information
Systems and Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK
3 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD,
UK  For all author emails, please log on.  BMC Medical
Informatics and Decision Making 2011, 11:15 
doi:10.1186/1472-6947-11-15   Received:28 October 2010
Accepted:28 February 2011 Published:28 February 2011  © 2011
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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 enable the development of
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