Editors:
- Discusses how to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care
- Describes various applications of human factors and ergonomics principles in healthcare
- Emphasizes the physical, cognitive, and organizational aspects
Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC, volume 957)
Conference series link(s): AHFE: International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Conference proceedings info: AHFE 2019.
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Table of contents (34 papers)
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Front Matter
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Patient Safety
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Healthcare Information Systems
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Healthcare Worker Risk
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Other Volumes
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Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices
About this book
This book explores how human factors and ergonomic principles are currently transforming healthcare. It reports on the design of systems and devices to improve the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of patient care, and discusses findings on improving organizational outcomes in the healthcare setting, as well as approaches to analyzing and modeling those work aspects that are unique to healthcare. Based on papers presented at the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, held on July 24–28, 2019, in Washington, DC, USA, the book highlights the physical, cognitive and organizational aspects of human factors and ergonomic applications, and shares various perspectives, including those of clinicians, patients, health organizations, and insurance providers. Given its scope, the book offers a timely reference guide for researchers involved in the design of medical systems, and healthcare professionals managing healthcare settings, as well as healthcare counselors and international health organizations.
Keywords
- Evaluating of Implantable Electronic Devices
- Customized Rehabilitation Treatments
- Patient Falls and Handling
- Surgical Teams Coordination
- Healthcare Information Technology
- Work-related Body Pain
- Effects of Mindfulness Training
- Reducing Hospital-acquired Infection
- Mobile Interfaces in Healthcare
- Managing Healthcare Settings
- Improving Surgical Conditions
- Improving Nursing Education
- Prosthetic Failure
- Useful Life of the Prosthesis
- Disclosing Medical Errors
- Hazard of Biomedical Waste
- Culturally Sensitive Care
- AHFE 2019 Proceedings
- quality control, reliability, safety and risk
Editors and Affiliations
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Veterans Affairs - Center for Applied Systems Engineering, Indianapolis, USA
Nancy J. Lightner
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Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Jay Kalra
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA
Editors: Nancy J. Lightner, Jay Kalra
Series Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20451-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20450-1Published: 11 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-20451-8Published: 10 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2194-5357
Series E-ISSN: 2194-5365
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 346
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, Health Informatics, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering