User Centric Device Design: Designing Inhalation Products for Behavior Change
Upham P.
Respiratory Drug Delivery 2022. Volume , 2022: 153-162.
Abstract:
The increasing prevalence and use of digital technologies applied to drug delivery devices and software solutions in healthcare requires the adoption of more user-centered design and development approaches than the pharmaceutical industry has typically used. Because of the complex, multi-component nature of these digital ecosystems, more consideration of the needs of multiple stakeholders is required.
When these systems are designed with the intent of improving medication adherence or persistence, or for any outcome that requires a patient to change their behavior, the application of behavior design principles to the design process is critical.
This article will introduce a number of these design concepts and illustrate their applica- tion in the development of an inhalation device and digital ecosystem. This will also exemplify why a simplistic use of connected drug delivery device technology is insufficient to address complex issues like medication adherence or persistence.
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