Interruptions have been identified as one of the causal factors in medication administration errors. Healthcare Human Factors conducted research funded by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute to examine the development and implementation of sustainable safety interventions for mitigating the effects of interruptions during medication administration.
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Effective communication between clinicians, particularly during handovers, is critical for patient safety. To address this important aspect of health care, a multi-site observational study was conducted.
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is among the most common chronic diseases. Often diagnosed in childhood, individuals with T1DM are at risk of related complications later in life; i.e. retinal, renal, neurologic, or cardiovascular disease.
Read more »Dr. Joseph Cafazzo and Dr. Olivier St-Cyr from our team recently published an article in Healthcare Quarterly on the evolution of human factors in healthcare. Their commentary provides a contemporary perspective on the progression of human factors engineering (HFE) in this complex domain, highlighting patient safety. They also discuss the current limitations of HFE in [...]
Read full article »Healthcare Human Factors conducted a pan-Canadian research study on IV ambulatory chemotherapy safety. As a part of the study, we collaborated with oncology clinicians from across Canada and graphic designers from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCADU) to develop a set of guidelines for developing ambulatory chemotherapy preprinted orders. Through this unique multidisciplinary [...]
Read full article »We’re thrilled to be recognized as a case study at the top of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) Usability Maturity Model. Specifically HIMSS places us at the point of being well-integrated with a dedicated team and moving into the fifth, strategic and top-level phase of their model. At the fifth stage, “usability is [...]
Read full article »Last weekend we sent one of our developers over to Montreal to take part in Hacking Health, a fantastic initiative to bring clinicians, designers and developers together in a Startup-Weekend-like scenario to tackle some big health problems in an accelerated timeframe. Anthony Mei, the Swiss-army knife developer of our team, was our representative at the [...]
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