Center for Human Factors
Our team is dedicated to improving health care outcomes through the rigorous application of human factors engineering.
Human factors is a science that explores human capabilities and limitations, and designs work processes that make it easy to do the right thing and hard to do the wrong thing. Our human factors team works closely with clinicians and patients to improve patient safety and quality of care for all of our patients and staff.
Innovation and Usability Consulting
We provide usability consultation both internally through our Carilion Innovations team and externally for medical device innovators and designers.
Follow the link below to see how we can assist your organization with design insight.
Workload and Burnout
Workload and burnout among physicians, nurses and allied health care workers is at an all-time high.
Our Human Factors team is dedicated to identifying and reducing unnecessary and non-value-added effort to reduce the mental and physical burden of caring for our patients. Follow the link below to see how.
Human Factors and Systems Science Research
As hospital systems aim to become more efficient and effective at delivering care, we must understand the limitations and capacities of our workers.
Follow the link below to see how our human factors team and collaborators are understanding these issues.
Our Engineers and Staff
Our Human Factors team has a diverse set of skills and education, from psychology to industrial systems engineering.
Follow the link below to learn more about our team members.
