Introduction: One of the health information systems used in health care settings is Radiology Information System. This system can increase the quality and accuracy of work processes in the radiology department and can reduce the number of human resources required to archive images as well as the hospital costs, and, finally, can lower the retrieval time of archived images. Lack of usability of ...

Background and Objectives: There are various models of socket wrench in the market varying in the length and diameter of handle and weight. Each of these features alone can modify the force applied by the hand and affect how comfortable the user is. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dimensional properties and weight of several models of socket wrench with the...

 Background and aims: Interface analysis methods are used to assess the man-machine interface of a particular system, product or device. Interface analysis methods can be used to assess a number of different aspects associated with a particular interface, including usability and user satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usability level of gas chromatographs that are being ...

Background and Objectives: The use of new technologies, particularly mobile phones, is drastically growing on a daily basis. The usability of mobile phones can be determined for different age groups in order to reach a balanced development plan with respect to this technology. The present study aimed to investigate and compare the usability of touch-screen and button cell phones among Iranian e...

Background and aims: Usability is the extent to which a system, product or service can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use. Increased public awareness of the usability issues has caused that usability plays an important role in production. Brooke’s SUS is one of the most used tool for measuring...

  Introduction : Owing to t he critical importance of emergency department activities in saving lives, information systems of this department should be free of fault to prevent the incidence of errors. Usability evaluation methods are used to assess this quality measure. Heuristic evaluation is one of the methods which identifies usability problems with minimum amount of time, cost and resource...

Introduction: Providing safety for human resources in the industry is of great importance and safety shoes are one of the most common PPEs that have the task of protecting the foot against potential hazards. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the discomfort and usability of safety shoes in different industries in order to find gaps in the quality of design and improve the design of safe...