Overview
- Reports on human factors applications in healthcare from a multidisciplinary perspective
- Written for clinicians, patients, health organizations and insurance providers alike
- Highlights best practices in healthcare settings
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC, volume 482)
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About this book
This book discusses the latest advances in human factors and ergonomics, focusing on methods for improving quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in patient care. By emphasizing the physical, cognitive and organizational aspects of human factors and ergonomics applications, it reports on various perspectives, including those of clinicians, patients, health organizations and insurance providers. The book describes cutting-edge applications, highlighting the best practices of staff interactions with patients, as well as interactions with computers and medical devices. It also presents new findings related to improved organizational outcomes in healthcare settings, and approaches to modeling and analysis specifically targeting those work aspects unique to healthcare. Based on the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, held on July 27-31, 2016, in Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA, the book is intended as timely reference guide forboth researchers involved in the design of healthcare systems and devices and healthcare professionals aiming at effective and safe health service delivery. Moreover, by providing a useful survey of cutting-edge methods for improving organizational outcomes in healthcare settings, the book also represents an inspiring reading for healthcare counselors and international health organizations.
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Keywords
- Patient Handling
- Human Performance
- Healthcare Information Technology
- Home Healthcare
- Medical Device Design
- Medication Impairment
- Patient Safety Systems
- Nursing Education and Training
- Healthcare Service
- Occupational Therapy
- Medical Errors
- Healthcare Systems
- Health Information Technology
- e-Health
- Privacy and Security
- Human Factors in Surgery
- Operating Room Design
- Healthcare Monitoring
- AHFE 2016 Proceedings
Table of contents (43 papers)
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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Surgery
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Human Factors and Ergonomics and Healthcare Professionals
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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare Systems
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA
Editors: Vincent G. Duffy, Nancy Lightner
Series Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41652-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41651-9Published: 02 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41652-6Published: 26 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2194-5357
Series E-ISSN: 2194-5365
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 465
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 65 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computational Intelligence, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Health Informatics