Online First Special Human Factors Issue: IEA Health Care 2021

This special issue presents a collection of papers focusing on improving healthcare practice through the implementation of human factors and ergonomics principles that were presented at the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) 2021 international conference.

• Improving Healthcare Practice Through the Implementation of Human Factors and Ergonomics Principles

• Objective Nontechnical Skills Measurement Using Sensor-based Behavior Metrics in Surgical Teams

• Older Adult Patients and Care Partners as Knowledge Brokers in Fragmented Health Care

• Interactions in Sociotechnical Systems: Achieving Balance in the Use of an Augmented Reality Mobile Application

• Quantifying Workload and Stress in Intensive Care Unit Nurses: Preliminary Evaluation Using Continuous Eye-Tracking

• Human Factors Integration in Robotic Surgery

• Usability of a Human Factors-based Clinical Decision Support in the Emergency Department: Lessons Learned for Design and Implementation

• Mobile Health Application for Seizure Management: A Human-Systems Integration Approach

• Workarounds in the Shadow System: An Ethnographic Study of Requirements for Documentation and Cooperation in a Clinical Advisory Center