Human Factors in Surgery: Enhancing Safety and Flow in Patient Care

ISBN-13: 9783030531263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 247 str.

Tara N. Cohen; Eric J. Ley; Bruce L. Gewertz

Spis treści

Introduction to Human Factors in Surgery

Human Factors Principles for Surgery

The Person: Individual and Team-Level Factors Contributing to Safe and Successful Surgery

Safe and Effective use of Tools and Technology in the Operating Room

Work System Tasks: Blending art and science

Surgical Performance and the Working Environment

Organizational Influences and Surgical System Safety

Human Factors in Perioperative Care

Counting backwards: Tracing the effect of human factors in anesthesiology

Human Factors in Military Surgery

Addressing Work-System Challenges in Robotic or High-Technology Surgery

Surgical Coaching: Improving team-based and system-level interventions

Human Factors Considerations in Cardiac Surgery

Applying a human factors approach to improve patient care in colorectal surgery

Identifying opportunities to improve processes in emergency general surgery

Surgical Oncology and Human Factors

Human Factors Research in Orthopedic Surgery

Human Factors in Pediatric Surgery

Plastics and Reconstruction: The Role of Human Factors

Human Factors in Transplant Surgery

Exploring human factors in Trauma

Identifying opportunities to enhance thoracic surgery using human factors

The Application of Human Factors Research to Improve Urological Care

Vascular Surgery – Acute Aortic Catastrophes

Final Thoughts.

O autorze

Tara N. Cohen
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Surgery (Assistant Professor)
Los Angeles, CA
USA

Eric J. Ley
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Surgery (Professor) 
Los Angeles, CA
USA 

Bruce L. Gewertz
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Surgery (H & S Nichols Distinguished Chair)
Los Angeles, CA
USA

Blurb

This book delivers a comprehensive review of human factors principles as they relate to surgical care inside and outside of the operating theatre. It provides multi-dimensional human-centered insights from the viewpoint of academic surgeons and experts in human factors engineering to improve workflow, treatment time, and outcomes. To guide the reader, the book begins broadly with Human Factors Principles for Surgery then narrows to a discussion of surgical specialties and scenarios. Each chapter follows the following structure: (1) An overview of the topic at hand to provide a reference for readers; (2) a case study or story to illustrate the topic; (3) a discussion of the topic including human factors insights; (4) lessons learned, or personal “pearls” related to improving the specific system described. 

Written by experts in the field, Human Factors in Surgery: Enhancing Safety and Flow in Patient Care describes elements of the surgical system and highlights the lessons learned from systems engineering. It serves as a valuable resource for surgeons at any level in their training that wish to improve their practice.