Over the past decade, Drs. Richard Holden and Rupa Valdez have promoted a community of practice called patient ergonomics, defined as:
the application of human factors/ergonomics or related discipline[s] (e.g., human-computer interaction, usability engineering) to study or improve patients’ and other non-professionals’ performance of effortful work activities in pursuit of health goals.
To put it simply, patient ergonomics is the science (and engineering) of patient work. Patients and other non-professionals perform effortful, goal-driven, consequential health-related work. By applying human factors and ergonomics theories, methods, tools, and approaches to this work, we can make it better: easier; safer; more effective; and perhaps more satisfying.
5 RESOURCES ON PATIENT ERGONOMICS
(1) Our 2-volume handbook on patient ergonomics with CRC Press
* http://theinnovativeu.com/lab/patientfactor
The Patient Factor [Order the set]
Holden & Valdez, 2021 [Order Vol. 1]
Valdez & Holden, 2021 [Order Vol. 2]
(2) 10-Year Mapping Review of Patient Ergonomics (Holden, Cornet, & Valdez, 2020, Applied Ergonomics)
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31654954
(3) Select publications empirically describing the patient work system
* Holden et al., 2015, Applied Ergonomics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25479983
* Holden, Valdez, et al., 2017, Ergonomics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27164171
* Holden et al., 2015, Annals of Emergency Medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25616317
(4) Select theoretical papers defining and discussing studying and improving patient work
* Carayon et al., 2020, Applied Ergonomics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31987516
* Holden et al., 2013, Ergonomics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24088063
* Valdez, Holden, et al., 2015, JAMIA: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25125685
(5) Town Halls, Panels, and Other Presentations
* Panels on patient ergonomics and the patient in patient safety - Visit for Proceedings Papers
* 2019 Town Hall on Human Factors/Ergonomics for Patient Work - Download Proceedings Paper
* 2018 Town Hall on Patient-centered Human Factors - Download Proceedings Paper
* "Beyond Disease: Technologies for Health Promotion," Invited Talk at HCS 2019 - Download Proceedings Paper
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