approach to complex patient care . They have been recognized in 2022 for their efforts by HIMMS , which bestowed upon Jefferson Health the International Davies Award for Use Cases 5 for its CLABSI work in the development and use of an Epic Radar dashboard aimed directly at prevention and treatment called the OnPoint Quality and Safety Huddle Dashboard – custom-built by the Jefferson team . In 2021 Jefferson Health received the inaugural ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO Safety Excellence award for Safety Management . 6 They have plans to publish their work and to continue to share their story as the set new standards for safety and risk management .
Value Analysis Alignment with Human Factors Engineering
Value analysis has a role on the team of hospital professionals that plans new product and equipment trials and evaluations to assure adoptability , safe practice , and risk mitigation while improving outcomes are top of mind . Once review and approval of such devices has occurred , there are constant monitors put in place to assure the right things are taken into consideration , using various tools like checklists , practice and procedure processes with matching documentation in the EMR , skills days , see one-do one-teach-one preceptor orientation and training , and RCAs or A3s when care variation is observed . It ’ s a constant process not one and done with a short evaluation . Drawing on human factors engineering and systems engineering collaboratively with subject matter experts makes a difference in staff care , patient care and outcomes .
A key part of human factors engineering that could be an article on its own is that of the medical device manufacturer . Although not required , their commitment to HFE could be the most integral part of a value proposition story they can tell a prospective provider . Did they understand human factors engineering , usability testing , and quantitative ergonomics in real-world use cases , can they produce executive summaries of this work , and assist in educating the decision-makers in how their device is intended to be used for overall improvement .
Oren Guttman , MD , MBA , is enterprise vice president for patient safety and high reliability for Jefferson Health , as well as serves as the Jefferson Health chief quality and safety officer for Jefferson Health Abington .
Josh Clark , RN , MBA , is senior vice president of quality and safety operations for Jefferson Health .
Barbara Strain , MA , SM ( ASCP ), CVAHP , is the strategic board liaison for the Association for Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals ( AHVAP ).
References :
1 . https :// www . fda . gov / regulatory-information / search-fda-guidancedocuments / applying-human-factors-and-usability-engineering-medical-devices
2 . https :// www . fda . gov / medical-devices / device-advice-comprehensiveregulatory-assistance / human-factors-and-medical-devices
3 . https :// www . fda . gov / medical-devices / human-factors-and-medical-devices / human-factors-considerations 4 . https :// psnet . ahrq . gov / primer / human-factors-engineering 5 . https :// www . healthcareitnews . com / news / jefferson-health-wins-himssdavies-award-pandemic-analytics-work 6 . https :// www . prnewswire . com / news-releases / jefferson-health-wins-ecri-- ismp-pso-2021-safety-excellence-award-301421100 . html
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