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Red Forest Consulting provides human factors engineering (HFE) expertise to
health care businesses who want to integrate HFE into their patient safety, product
development, or product evaluation processes.
Human Factors Engineering is a discipline that blends engineering design with human
psychology, kinesiology, and biomechanics. The goal is to apply knowledge of human
cognition and physical limitations to the design of the systems, such as tools, tasks, devices,
software, work areas, etc. Designing systems that are congruent with our cognitive and
physical capabilities can help achieve optimal system performance. In the healthcare world,
this means keeping patients safer and reducing cognitive or physical workload of clinicians.
Previous attendees have said...
"The workshop was wonderfully organized."
- "Exercises were great - very instructive!!"
- "I think the demos + examples really exemplify the impact that usability has."
- "The exercises, putting knowledge to work, and applying principles
are the most effective parts for someone new to HFE."
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| Now available as an E-book Using Human Factors Engineering to Improve Patient Safety (1st edition) Edited by John W. Gosbee, MD, MS Laura Lin Gosbee, MASc more details >> |
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| Joint Commission announces 2nd edition of our book Using Human Factors to Improve Patient Safety Edited by John Gosbee & Laura Lin Gosbee |
| This workshop has been cancelled. Next workshop is will take place in spring 2011. |
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