Structured content is an important tool for formatting and managing content used across many industries. Companies in the life sciences are beginning to implement structured content authoring to shorten the time it takes to get a product to a patient, improve quality,...
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User-Centred Health Communications: Techcomm and the Public Good
Good health is essential to us all. When we experience poor health or need guidance to improve it, we rely on healthcare providers to assist us. The healthcare industry is obligated to ensure that the communications about the products and information it provides, from...
What Story Does Your Process Documentation Tell?
Good process documentation tells the story of an organisation. All businesses are comprised of sets of interrelated processes, the reliability and repeatability of which hinge on the quality of the process documentation. We'd like to share some insights on how...
Volunteer Technical Writers Fight COVID-19 Writing Documentation for Medical Devices
The COVID-19 global health crisis has created an unprecedented demand for medical devices and personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line healthcare workers, as well as a need for a massive dissemination of health and research-related information. Technical...
The New Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and the End User: Supporting Usability Through Documentation
The medtech industry is undergoing significant change, from the introduction of the new MDR and the update to ISO 13485, to the growth of home-based healthcare and the uncertainties of Brexit. This post was originally published in November 2017 and updated in March...
The Continued Relevance of Dekker’s “Field Guide to Understanding Human Error”: From Blame Culture to Safety Culture
When investigating a workplace accident, you might be inclined to believe that the employees involved should automatically be held responsible for the unfortunate incident. If so, you are taking what author Sidney Dekker describes as “the old view” of human error....