Healthcare practitioners, patient safety leaders, educators and researchers increasingly
recognise the value of human factors/ergonomics and make use of the discipline's person …

Background Surgical adverse events persist despite several decades of system-based
quality improvement efforts, suggesting the need for alternative strategies. Qualitative …

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) addresses problems of interaction design:
understanding user needs to inform design, delivering novel designs that meet user needs …

Human factors systems approaches are critical for improving healthcare quality and patient
safety. The SEIPS (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety) model of work system …

HCI addresses problems of interaction design: delivering novel designs, evaluating existing
designs, and understanding user needs for future designs. Qualitative methods have an …

Purpose The potential for clinically significant microbial cross transmission in the
intraoperative environment poses a threat to patient safety. A growing body of literature has …

Human factors and ergonomics approaches have been successfully applied to study and
improve the work performance of healthcare professionals. However, there has been …

To support safety and efficient care, effective integration of technology into the
timepressured, high-risk healthcare environments is critical. This systematic literature review …

Given the complexity of healthcare and the 'people'nature of healthcare work and delivery,
STSA (Sociotechnical Systems Analysis) research is needed to address the numerous …

This article reviews studies conducted “in the wild” that explore the “ironies of automation” in
Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS). Workload may be reduced for the surgeon, but increased …