Human Readiness Levels help programs assess readiness for human use, identify gaps in supporting evidence, and bring human performance into development decisions.

Human Systems Integration is more than a compliance activity. Done well, HSI brings human performance into engineering decisions throughout the system lifecycle—helping programs identify risks, evaluate tradeoffs, and design systems that work for the people who operate them.

The FDA updated its medical device human factors guidance in 2026. Here’s what changed, what stayed the same, and what medical device teams should know about human factors engineering, validation, and FDA submissions.

AI changes how systems behave—and how people interact with them. Human factors engineering is what ensures those systems work when it matters most.

Get to know the HF Designworks team and learn about what drives their passion for human factors, innovation, and human-centered design.

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A human factors perspective of how system design, operator workload, and communication shaped the course of the Thee Mile Island incident