Patient ergonomics: 10-year mapping review of patient-centered human factors

RJ Holden, VP Cornet, RS Valdez - Applied ergonomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Patient ergonomics is the application of human factors or related disciplines to study and
improve patients' and other non-professionals' performance of effortful work activities in …

[PDF][PDF] Step safely: strategies for preventing and managing falls across the life-course

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING AND MANAGING FALLS ACROSS THE LIFE-COURSE
Page 1 STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING AND MANAGING FALLS ACROSS THE LIFE-COURSE …

State of science: human factors and ergonomics in healthcare

S Hignett, P Carayon, P Buckle, K Catchpole - Ergonomics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The past decade has seen an increase in the application of human factors and ergonomics
(HFE) techniques to healthcare delivery in a broad range of contexts (domains, locations …

Macroergonomic factors in the patient work system: examining the context of patients with chronic illness

RJ Holden, RS Valdez, CC Schubert, MJ Thompson… - Ergonomics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Human factors/ergonomics recognises work as embedded in and shaped by levels of social,
physical and organisational context. This study investigates the contextual or …

Design for patient safety: a systems-based risk identification framework

MCE Simsekler, JR Ward, PJ Clarkson - Ergonomics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Current risk identification practices applied to patient safety in healthcare are insufficient.
The situation can be improved, however, by studying systems approaches broadly and …

Design for inclusivity

NC Benda, E Montague, RS Valdez - Design for health, 2020 - Elsevier
As health designs and technologies advance, it is important to ensure that new designs do
not disadvantage particular groups and negatively impact already underserved populations …

Home health nurses' perspectives and care processes related to older persons with frailty and depression: a mixed method pilot study

J Wang, SF Simmons, CA Maxwell… - Journal of community …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The objectives of this study were (1) to describe home health care (HHC) nurses' perception
of and care processes related to geriatric depression and frailty, and (2) to identify barriers to …

A participatory systems approach to design for safer integrated medicine management

GT Jun, A Canham, A Altuna-Palacios, JR Ward… - Ergonomics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
It is recognised that whole systems approaches are required in the design and development
of complex health care services. Application of a systems approach benefits from the …

Improving care transitions across healthcare settings through a human factors approach

NE Werner, AP Gurses, B Leff… - The Journal for Healthcare …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
After more than two decades of research focused on care transition improvement and
intervention development, unfavorable outcome measures associated with care transitions …

Firefighting to innovation: using human factors and ergonomics to tackle slip, trip, and fall risks in hospitals

S Hignett, L Wolf, E Taylor, P Griffiths - Human factors, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to use a theoretical model (bench) for human factors
and ergonomics (HFE) and a comparison with occupational slips, trips, and falls (STFs) risk …