Healthcare practitioners, patient safety leaders, educators and researchers increasingly
recognise the value of human factors/ergonomics and make use of the discipline's person …

Purpose. Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) was used to evaluate a smart iv pump
as it was implemented into a redesigned medication-use process. Summary. A …

We asked health care professionals to identify and-prioritize barriers to implementing TQM
in their organizations. Lack of evidence of TQM success was a commonly listed barrier. In …

Human factors systems approaches are critical for improving healthcare quality and patient
safety. The SEIPS (Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety) model of work system …

Abstract The Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) and SEIPS 2.0
models provide a framework for integrating Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) in health …

Objective To assess intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' acceptance of electronic health
records (EHR) technology and examine the relationship between EHR design …

Objectives: This study explores nurses' use of bar code medication administration (BCMA)
technology from a human factors viewpoint. The BCMA technology consists of a medication …

The US Institute of Medicine and health care experts have called for new approaches to
manage health care quality problems. In this chapter, we focus on macroergonomics, a …

BACKGROUND:“Smart” intravenous infusion pumps (Smart IV pumps) are increasingly
being implemented in hospitals to reduce medication administration errors. OBJECTIVES …

In this study, we examined the implementation of an electronic health records (EHR) system
in a small family practice clinic. We used three data collection instruments to evaluate user …