Presenter
Mary Beth Privitera
Biography
Dr. Mary Beth Privitera, M.Design, FIDSA, is internationally known as an expert in medical product design, specifically in the area of applied human factors. She is a principal at HS- Design, responsible for human factors and research. Additionally, she serves as faculty and co-chair of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s Human Engineering Committee.
Privitera also holds an appointment as Professor at the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and works collaboratively among the Colleges of Medicine, Engineering and Design. She is a Co-Founder of the Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program. Her previous academic appointments include industrial design and several years in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
She has worked on devices which are intended for use across the practice of medicine and in home health situations. Her current research focuses on applied ergonomics and design interpretation. She has conducted contextual inquiry studies throughout the hospital with results intended to inform the design of devices, including physiologic monitoring and clinical decision making, software based tools including intraprocedural augmented reality. In addition, she currently has research funding supported by the Gates Foundation and US FDA CDER Division. She is a Fulbright Scholar in collaboration with the University of Nottingham in the UK.
She has authored several peer reviewed articles and a books titled “Contextual Inquiry for Medical Device Design,” promoting best practices for phase zero medical device development. Her 2nd book, edited and written in collaboration with AAMI Human Factors faculty is titled “Applied Human Factors in Medical Device Design.” This book aims at bringing all references and best practices together in one resource compendiu
Privitera also holds an appointment as Professor at the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and works collaboratively among the Colleges of Medicine, Engineering and Design. She is a Co-Founder of the Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program. Her previous academic appointments include industrial design and several years in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
She has worked on devices which are intended for use across the practice of medicine and in home health situations. Her current research focuses on applied ergonomics and design interpretation. She has conducted contextual inquiry studies throughout the hospital with results intended to inform the design of devices, including physiologic monitoring and clinical decision making, software based tools including intraprocedural augmented reality. In addition, she currently has research funding supported by the Gates Foundation and US FDA CDER Division. She is a Fulbright Scholar in collaboration with the University of Nottingham in the UK.
She has authored several peer reviewed articles and a books titled “Contextual Inquiry for Medical Device Design,” promoting best practices for phase zero medical device development. Her 2nd book, edited and written in collaboration with AAMI Human Factors faculty is titled “Applied Human Factors in Medical Device Design.” This book aims at bringing all references and best practices together in one resource compendiu
Presentations
Poster Presentation
Digital Health
Simulation and Education
Hospital Environments
Medical and Drug Delivery Devices
Patient Safety Research and Initiatives
Oral Presentations
Medical and Drug Delivery Devices