Abstract
In 2010 ~12 million Americans received home health care or care in a non-clinical environment due to the growing cost and capacity constraints of hospital health care. The purpose of this research study is to initiate an effort to understand the socio-technological risk factors associated with invasive medical therapies in non-clinical environments and develop mitigation strategies for non-clinical caregivers. Participatory Ergonomics is utilized to facilitate the discovery of cognitive, physical and macro-ergonomic risk factors associated with invasive medical technology in non-clinical environments to address the socio- psychological, technological and organizational perspectives of this study. This research study will result in a patient safely template and quality of care model for health systems engineering that involves invasive medical technologies in non-clinical environments, which can be applied to pediatric and adult populations globally.
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