National Center for
Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare [NCHFEH]
MedStar Institute for Innovation
MedStar Health
Washington DC
Human Factors
Engineering, Usability, and Cognitive Engineering approaches to improving reliability, quality, and patient safety in
healthcare.
Director: Rollin J.
(Terry) Fairbanks MD MS FACEP [Biography][Publications] Scientific Director: Vicki R. Lewis, PhD [Biography] Human Factors Engineering Research Scientist: Robert Stephens, PhD [Biography] Administrative Coordinator: Erica Savage
Research Assistant: To Be Announced
Check back soon for the new website debut with a complete redesign
News
Dr. Fairbanks will be presenting at the 1st Annual Emergency Care Patient Safety Summit: Excellence in Outcomes (May 5th-6th,2011)
sponsored by the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation will bring together a distinguished group of key
stakeholders and thought leaders devoted to solving the patient safety challenges associated with
providing emergency care in the pre-hospital and Emergency Department (ED) setting. Attendees will
include emergency medicine providers, nursing, administrators, EMS, pharmacy, risk management and
patient safety officers and researchers. [Brochure]
The Center's is a unique human factors engineering
scientific center located within a 9-hospital healthcare system. Once fully
operational, the Center will include a core staff (physician-researcher with human factors
engineering training, two Human Factors Engineering Research Scientists, a
research assistant, and an administrative coordinator), and both intramural
and extramural affiliated faculty from multiple domains and specialties,
liaisons with essentially all clinical specialty areas, and close
collaborations with several Human Factors Engineering academic programs
including the University of Buffalo Department of Industrial Systems
Engineering, the George Mason University Department of Psychology Human
Factors and Applied Cognition and others, in addition to human factors
consulting groups. *****************************************************************************************************************************************
Presentations
ASHP Conference for Leaders in
Health-System Pharmacy, Monday October 18, Chicago (Dr. Fairbanks).
[link]
American Hospital Association/NPSF
Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship, October 25, Chicago (Dr. Fairbanks)
Presentation at the American College of Physician Executives Leadership
Summit: Terry Fairbanks joins with ACPE CEO Barry Silbaugh and Jeff Skiles, co-pilot of
the "Miracle on the Hudson" flight, US Airways
Flight 1549 to contrast between aviation industry and healthcare approaches
to safety and teamwork.
[link to more info]
For an overview of philosophy/approach,
see ASHP TV interview Dr. Fairbanks: "Human Factors Engineering
and Medication Safety"
[video link]
News! MedStar Heath is part
of 2010 NIH's 2010 CTSA Awards. This CTSA Consortium, the
Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science
(GHUCCTS), which includes Georgetown, Howard, MedStar Health Research
Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Washington DC Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, has become one of the largest biomedical and clinical
research networks in the nation.
Research Collaborators and Consultant Partners (past and present)
Baylor Health Care System is recruiting a "Human Factors Researcher"
responsible for applying and developing human factors principles in
improving patient safety. Expected starting time is October 1, 2010 in
Dallas, Texas. The candidate should have a Masters degree in applicable
field with significant (preferably 2-4 years) experience. Contact
Yan Xiao for further information.
