Health Informatic

Instructions

I already did the essay for the discussion, I just need the discussion to basically match up with my essay.

In this module, you will work as a team and prepare a report on the incident caused by the Therac-25 at the East Texas Cancer Center in March of 1986.

As a team,

1. Review the Reading & Multimedia Materials provided as part of this collaborative project,
2. Discuss the role of the technician, the designers and engineers of the Therac-25, the manufacturing company, and the FDA in this case,
3. Identify four major factors that contributed to the incident,
4. Classify each factor according to the Socio-Technical System,
5. Discuss whether similar factors contributed to the incident which took place at Three Mile Island, and
6. Prepare your report presenting your analysis of the case based on your team discussion.

1. Overview

Human Factors

View this video (6:11) which provides an overview of human factors:

Human-Centered Design

View these videos (3:11 & 2:55) below to learn about what it means to design products and systems with users in mind. The speaker is Donald Norman, noted researcher and author of the book “The Design of Everyday Things”.

Human Factors Engineering & Patient Safety

Read the following materials to gain a clear understanding of the scientific discipline of human factors engineering and its critical role in helping improve patient safety:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2019, September). Human Factors Engineering. Retrieved from https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/human-factors-engineering
• Johns Hopkins Medicine. (n.d.). Human Factors in Health Care. Retrieved from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/armstrong_institute/centers/human_factors_engineering/human_factors_in_health_care.html