Overview

This book discusses how digital technology and demographic changes are transforming the patient experience, services, provision, and planning of health and social care. It presents innovative ergonomics research and human factors approaches to improving safety, working conditions and quality of life for both patients and healthcare workers. Personalized medicine, mobile and wearable technologies, and the greater availability of health data are discussed, together with challenges and evidence-based practice. Based on the Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety conference, HEPS2019, held on July 3-5, 2019, in Lisbon, Portugal, this book offers a timely resource for graduate students and researchers, as well as for healthcare professionals managing service provision, planners and designers for healthcare buildings and environments, and international healthcare organizations.

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Author:   Teresa Patrone Cotrim ,  Florentino Serranheira ,  Paulo Sousa ,  Sue Hignett
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Volume:   1012
Weight:   0.623kg
ISBN:  

9783030240660

ISBN 10:   3030240665
Pages:   389
Publication Date:   26 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Taking Forward Human Factors and Ergonomics Integration in NHS Scotland: Progress and Challenges.- Human Centric Lighting, a new reality in healthcare environments.- Alarm response in critical care: Obstacles for compliance.- Improving ergonomics competences in the social and health care sector in Finland.- Prevalence assessment of musculoskeletal and visual symptoms among pathological anatomy service workers.- Leveraging antimicrobial stewardship: focus on individual prescriptions appropriateness.- Assessment of azole resistance in clinical settings by passive sampling.- Cognitive Ergonomics `Features' as a Tool for Designing Interaction with Medical Devices.- A Serious Game to promote compliance with hand hygiene among Healthcare Workers: Results from User Research stage.

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