The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Health Care Technical Group has an excellent resource page. It include information on all th...

The Clinical Human Factors Group (CHFG) has published a new resource for implementing human factors in healthcare organizations: Getting to ...

 # 12, Strategy: Each anesthetic department should have a human factors lead with an appropriate level of training. The Ergonomist - 12 step...

 ‘My Watch Thinks I’m Dead’ Technology vs. 911 - a modern false alarm attack

 Richard Cook left us on 31 August 2022. We were very fortunate to know Richard and we are thankful for how he impacted our lives and our co...

"Human error" - the case of road safety.  ... the “critical reason” for a crash is not the same as the “cause”.  https://www.theat...

When you design your fully autonomous systems it is important to have a good plan for how the system will fallback to human control when nee...

Yet another example of a manufacturer that points to human error to justify design errors. " How Boeing’s Responsibility in a Deadly C...

A 2019  systematic review by Dr Alain K Koyama and colleagues that was published at the BMJ Quality and Safety reviles that there is insuf...

There is one thing that always assist in shortening response time during emergencies - standardization . Here is how international standardi...

Many of us use car navigation systems these days, and we developed some trust working with these systems over time. Here is what can h...

What can the healthcare industry learn from  the risks introduced by the rise of increasingly automated airplanes ?

How one doctor is changing patient safety around the world by improving communication in the operating theater . Willing to let other...

The ECRI Institute published its 2019 top 10 health technology hazards , and physiologic monitor alarm are still on this list.

The ECRI published its top 10 patient safety concerns for 2017 . Although it is not mentioned in this report, human factors tools and meth...