ABSTRACT
Human–technology interfaces are going through an evolutionary transformation, one that is likely to impact on future medical device interfaces. This chapter reviews technical trends in interfaces, especially as related multimodal interaction. This is followed by consideration of approaches for enhancing universal access to health care devices and services, where universal access is assumed to include barriers of distance and cost as well as direct accessibility of the interface. Such approaches include considerations of the procedural nature of most use of health care devices, recognition of the distinctions between accessibility and usability and how this can impact on access, and a trend toward approaches that emphasize personalized interfaces.
