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Grimm CA. Washington DC: Office of the Inspector General; Nov 2022. Report no. OEI-07-20-00500.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 24, 2023, 1:00 – 2:00 PM (eastern).
Human factors engineering or ergonomics (HFE) is a scientific discipline broadly focused on interactions among humans and other elements of a system.
Dr. Pascale Carayon, PhD, is a professor emerita in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the founding director of the Wisconsin Institute for Healthcare Systems Engineering (WIHSE). Dr. Nicole Werner, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Health and Wellness Design at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington. We spoke with both of them about the role of human factors engineering has in improving healthcare delivery and its role in patient safety.
Schneider E, Koretz BK, eds. Clin Geriatr Med. 2022;38(4):621-732.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. November 7, 2022.
Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; Publication GAO-22-105133. September 14, 2022.
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Washington, DC: White House; September 21, 2022.
Tran AK, Calabrese M, Quatrara B, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2022. AHRQ Publication No. 22-0026-4-EF.