Participants Needed for Usability Study

Healthcare Human Factors at UHN is conducting an evaluation of a new infusion device, and is recruiting anesthesiologists, hospital and homecare nurses, and TPN patients to participate. The evaluation will take place between February 13th and February 27th within our facilities at Toronto General Hospital. Participants will be required to attend a 2-hour training session [...]

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January 31, 2012

Help us evaluate a medical home care device

The Healthcare Human Factors team at UHN is conducting an evaluation of a new home care device, and would like individuals from all age groups to participate in its evaluation.

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January 9, 2012

bant iPhone app featured in the National Post

The National Post wrote about how iPhone apps are changing the way we provide and receive healthcare and used one of our projects as an example of how it’s done correctly. Here’s an excerpt: “Created by the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at Toronto’s University Health Network, [bant] is intended to be used by Type-1 [...]

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November 7, 2011

Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis Needed for a Usability Study: $100 Compensation (New Dates!)

The Healthcare Human Factors team at Toronto General Hospital is conducting a study on an Arthritis Management System, and is looking for adults to participate. We are paying $100 for one 1.5-hour session at Toronto General Hospital’s Centre for Global eHealth Innovation during October 12 to 18 or November 7 to 10. You will be [...]

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September 20, 2011

Healthcare Human Factors on CBC’s White Coat, Black Art

Dr. Brian Goldman of the CBC’s White Coat, Black Art interviews Anjum Chagpar of Healthcare Human Factors on “Health Design”. “Modern medical gizmos save lives.  But sometimes, they kill.  On this week’s episode of  White Coat Black Art, life and death… by design. Healthy design is not just about designing hospitals. It’s also designing the medical [...]

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August 28, 2011

Healthcare Human Factors featured on InnovationCanada.ca

Healthcare Human Factors and Centre for Global eHealth Innovation were recently featured in an article on the Canada Foundation for Innovation website: http://www.innovationcanada.ca/en/articles/testing-ground.

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August 19, 2009

Healthcare Human Factors featured on CTV Winnipeg’s Under the Microscope

In a story highlighting incidents of medical error in Manitoba, Rachel White of Healthcare Human Factors speaks with CTV’s Maralee Caruso about how important it is to make front line staff more error wise and risk aware.  The presentation of the Human Factors 101 course to staff at CancerCare Manitoba has prompted a number of [...]

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February 10, 2009

Healthcare Human Factors Featured in The Globe and Mail

Canada’s largest national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, featured an article highlighting the work of UHN’s Healthcare Human Factors, specifically their two-year collaboration with Smiths Medical to develop a user-friendly “smart” pump-infusion system. “Demand for the group’s evaluation work is exploding.  We are fielding requisitions from ministries of health, cancer agencies, and we are working [...]

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December 4, 2007