Intensive care units (ICUs) were developed for patients with special needs and include an
array of technology to support medical care. However, basic lessons in ergonomics, human …

In this review, we discuss human factors research in cardiac surgery and other medical
domains. We describe a systems approach to understanding human factors in cardiac …

Recent advances in virtual reality (VR) technology allow for potential learning and education
applications. For this study, 99 participants were assigned to one of three learning …

Article-at-a-Glance Background The growing number of monitoring devices, combined with
suboptimal patient monitoring and alarm management strategies, has increased “alarm …

This book describes, for the first time in pedagogical form, an approach to computer-based
work in complex sociotechnical systems developed over the last 30 years by Jens …

Background. The ongoing debate on the incidence and types of iatrogenic injuries in
American hospitals has been informed primarily by the Harvard Medical Practice Study …

Human error is cited over and over as a cause of incidents and accidents. The result is a
widespread perception of a'human error problem', and solutions are thought to lie in …

Nothing has been more prolific over the past century than human/machine interaction.
Automobiles, telephones, computers, manufacturing machines, robots, office equipment …

Background: Despite more than three decades of research on iatrogenesis, surgical adverse
events have not been subjected to detailed study to identify their characteristics. This …

The relationship between humans and automation is examined from numerous points of
view, with important implications for designers. The overall message is that the design of …