ABSTRACT
IT systems, generally, and biomedical systems, particularly, now leverage social, mobile, embedded, and intelligent computing technologies to satisfy the interconnected needs of medical providers, consumers, and organizations. In doing so, biomedical systems are making the manner in which medical information is managed and medical care is provided highly collaborative, contextual, personalized, and intelligent. With biomedical systems (e.g., instruments, devices, robots, and bioinformatics
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systems) becoming highly reliant on new computing technologies, usability and user experience are now principal determinants of their adoption, eectiveness, and safe use.
