Posts tagged with ‘human factors in healthcare’

  • Human factors in healthcare

    Humans as the source of safety Caring for people’s health is a complicated process, fraught with danger. The opportunities to…

  • The fallible human

    Humans are often the last line of defence when it comes to safety and security. Their judgement and decision-making skills…

  • Designing smart technology to support people with dementia

    Alzminder is an app designed to provide easy to use support for people with dementia. The developers drew on user…

  • Healthcare Icon - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    Hunt’s plans for the NHS have a human factors flavour

  • Healthcare Icon - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    Healthcare apps: uses and limitations

    Michael Craven and colleagues discuss the potential and the problems associated with using apps to support patients and carry out…

  • Inhaler - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    Actual v simulated use in human factors testing of medical devices

    Before medical devices can be used by the public they need to be tested, either with actual patients or through…

  • Clinical guidelines app - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    User-centred design of a clinical guidelines app

      Adrian Kwa describes the process of designing an app that allows doctors to access clinical guidelines quickly Clinical guidelines…

  • Hospital Sign - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    A user-centred approach to patient information

    The patient journey is defined by information and usually follows sequential stages, often referred to as ‘clinical pathways’, which seek…