The Role of Health Care Human Factors in Responding to COVID-19: Findings From an Industry Survey

• Jessica Howe ^[1] ; Sarah Henrickson Parker ^[2] ; Neal Wiggermann ^[3] ; Vivian Zagarese
  1. [1] Med-Star Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare (US)
  2. [2] Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (US)
  3. [3] Hill-Rom (US)

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• Localización: Ergonomics in Design: The Quaterly of Human Factors Applications, ISSN 1064-8046, Vol. 29, Nº. 1, 2021, págs. 29-32
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A survey of human factors practitioners working in health care was administered to understand their challenges and successes encountered when responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Focus areas identified by survey respondents related to workflow, physical environments, communication, and implementation of new technologies. The results from this study can be used by human factors practitioners to demonstrate the common challenges and opportunities for applying human factors to system redesign within their health care organizations. These findings can also be used to encourage investments in human factors by health care organizations and the federal government.