Advances in human aspects of healthcare /

"This book discusses how human factors and ergonomics principles can be applied to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in patient care. The topics will include the design of work environments to improve satisfaction and well-being of patients, healthcare providers, and profes...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Duffy, Vincent G.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2013.
Series:	Advances in human factors and ergonomics series.
Subjects:	Medical care > Data processing. Work environment. Medical care > Safety measures. Human engineering. Medical care. National health services. Delivery of Health Care Ergonomics Electronic Data Processing Health Services Safety Management Workplace Patient Care Ergonomie. Prestation de soins. Informatique. Services de santé. Milieu de travail. Soins médicaux > Informatique. Soins médicaux > Sécurité > Mesures. Soins médicaux. ergonomics. workplace. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Quality Control. National health services Medical care Human engineering Medical care > Data processing Medical care > Safety measures Work environment Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Section 1. Assessing ergonomic characteristics in biomedical technologies
section 2. Communications, systems support and healthcare informatics
section 3. How to improve quality of ergonomics in healthcare
section 4. Physical aspects and risk factors for patients and caregivers
section 5. Patient care, patient safety and medical error
section 6. Medical user centered design
section 7. Human modeling and patient users of medical devices
section 8. Measures and validation in healthcare
section 9. Medical devices and special populations
section 10. Collaboration and learning in healthcare systems
section 11. Organizational aspects in healthcare.