HINF 575

Human Factors in Healthcare

Units: 1.5

Introduces a framework for considering human factors in health informatics. Includes study of human-computer interaction in the design of a range of health informatics applications, user analysis, workflow modelling, consideration of methods of evaluating system usability and socio-technical aspects of successful healthcare system design. In addition, approaches to the design of systems that are safe and that reduce human error in healthcare will be emphasized.

Graduate course in the Health Information Science program administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.