Human Factors Resources for Health Care Professionals

Human Factors Resources for Health Care Professionals

February 1, 2012 by Eric Shaver · Leave a Comment
Filed under: health care, human factors 

In the past, I’ve posted numerous times on the topic of health care. Most recently I posted a working presentation on the topic entitled, Human Factors is Vital for Transforming Health Care in the 21st Century.

Unfortunately, many health care professionals have never heard of HFE, let alone understand how its’ principles, methods, and tools can be readily used in health care systems to assist in realizing important outcomes like improved quality, reduced costs, and improved accessibility. As an introduction to human factors & ergonomics for health care professionals, I’ve provided a sample of books, chapters, articles, and presentations on the topic, along with some of the thought leaders working in this area.

Books: General

Casey, S. (2006). The atomic chef: And other true tails of design, technology, and human error. Santa Barbara, CA: Aegean Publishing Company.

Norman, D.A. (1988). The design of everyday things. New York, NY: Doubleday.

Vicente, K.J. (2003). The human factor: Revolutionizing the way people live with technology. New York, NY: Routledge.

Books: Health Care-Related

Carayon, P. (2012). Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Patient Safety (2nd Ed). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Dekker, S. (2011). Patient safety: A human factors approach. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Hendrick, H.W., & Kleiner, B.M. (2002). Macroergonomics: Theory, methods, and applications. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Reid, P.P., Compton, W.D., Grossman, J.H., & Fanjiang, G. (Eds.) (2005). Building a better delivery system: A new engineering/health care partnership. Washington, DC: The National Academies of Science.

Stanton, N.A., Hedge, A., Brookhuis, K., Salas, E., Hendrick, H.W. (2004). Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Chapters

Morrow, D. G., North, R. A., Wickens, C. D. (2006) Reducing and mitigating human error in medicine. In R. Nickerson (Ed.), Annual Review of Human Factors and Ergonomics, vol. 1 (pp. 254-296). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors & Ergonomics Society.

Articles

Buckle, P., Clarkson, P.J., Coleman, R., Ward, J., & Anderson, J. (2006). Patient safety, systems design and ergonomics. Applied Ergonomics, 27, 491-500.

Carayon, P. (2006). Human factors of complex sociotechnical systems. Applied Ergonomics, 37, 525-535.

Carayon, P. (2010). Human factors in patient safety as an innovation. Applied Ergonomics, 41, 657-665.

Durso, F.T., & Drews, F.A. (2010). Health care, aviation, and ecosystems: A socio-natural systems perspective. Current Direction in Psychological Science, 19, 71-75.

Holden, R.J., & Karsh, B. (2009). A theoretical model of health information technology usage behaviour with implications for patient safety. Behaviour & Information Technology, 28, 21-38.

Leape, L.L. (2004, Summer). Human factors meets health care: The ultimate challenge. Ergonomics in Design, 6-12.

Salas, E., Baker, D., King, H., & Battles, J. (2006). Special section commentary: Opportunities and challenges for human factors and ergonomics in enhancing patient safety. Human Factors, 48, 1-4.

Schutz, A.L., Counte, M.A., & Meurer, S. (2007). Assessment of patient safety research from an organizational ergonomics and structural perspective. Ergonomics, 50, 1451-1484.

Vicente, K.J. (2008). Human factors engineering that makes a difference: Leveraging a science of societal change. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 9, 1-24.

Presentations

Shaver, E.F. (2012, January 31). Human factors is vital for transforming health care in the 21st century.

Thought Leaders

Marilyn Sue Bogner, Ph.D., Institute for the Study of Human Error, LLC

Pascale Carayon, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sidney Dekker, Ph.D., Griffith University

John Gosbee, M.D., M.S., Red Forest Consulting, LLC

Ben-Tzion Karsh, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison