[IxDA Discuss] Incentives in medical domain

[Alan Wexelblat]

I have not worked in the medical device area but I have worked with
test subjects where similar ethical concerns about direct compensation
were present.  In these cases we usually made an offer to donate to an
appropriate charitable organization.  The donation was of the same
amount as would have been provided as token compensation for
completion of the experiment.  In the case of doctors you might
consider MSF/Doctors Without Borders
(http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/) as they are highly respected
in the profession.

On 5/3/07, Maral Haar <maral.haar at gmail.com> wrote:
> I work at a company who develops medical devices. There are strict
> regulations concerning bribary in this domain. Becuase of that my boss
> is very concerned about giving incentives to nurses or doctors who
> participate in an usability test or a focus group or something
> similar.
>
> Does anybody here also work in the medical domain or a similar
> regulated area? How do you handle incentives for users who participate
> in evaluations of prototypes or requirement analysises?