The Patient Factor: Applications of Patient Ergonomics

Patients have always been encouraged to be active participants in managing their health. New technologies, cultural shifts, trends in healthcare delivery, and policies have brought the patients' role in healthcare to the forefront. This volume closely examines notable application areas for the emerging discipline of Patient Ergonomics.

Reviews the definition of Patient Ergonomics, the application of human factors and ergonomics, or related disciplines to the study and improvement of patients' performance of work activities in pursuit of health goals, such as health promotion, disease management, and health maintenance. The book also maps the researches of Patient Ergonomics, based on prior work and future opportunities, given the vest and heterogenous domains of health and healthcare.

The book is ideal for academics working in healthcare and patient-centered research, their students, human factors practitioners (consultants, employees of health systems and technology/medical device companies), healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, pharmacists), and organizational leaders (healthcare administrators and executives).