Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Healthcare

October 1-2, 2009

Workshop Presentations

SESSION 1: PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE AND PROVIDE HOME HEALTHCARE

Moderators: Sara Czaja and Judith Matthews, Committee Members

Presenters:

Neil Charness, William G. Chase Professor of Psychology, Florida State University

Richard Schulz, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh (co-author: Connie A. Tompkins)

Carolyn Humphrey, Independent Consultant and Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Pennsylvania State University

Discussion led by:

Margaret Quinn, Department of Work Environment; Director, Sustainable Hospitals Program, University of Massachusetts at Lowell - Discussant

SESSION 2: HOME HEALTHCARE TASKS AND TOOLS

Moderators: Daryle Gardner-Bonneau and Misha Pavel, Committee Members

Presenters:

Colin Drury, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo

Molly Follette Story, President, Human Spectrum Design

George Demiris, Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington

Discussion led by:

R. Paul Crawford, Director of Research, Product Research and Incubation, Digital Health Group at Intel - Discussant

SESSION 3: The Environments of Home Healthcare

Moderators: Jon Pynoos, Laura Gitlin, and K. Eric DeJonge, Committee Members

Presenters:

Jon Sanford, Director and Senior Research Scientist, Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, Georgia Institute of Technology

Steven Albert, Professor and Associate Chair for Research and Science, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Peter Boling, Director of Long-term Care and Geriatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Hospital

Discussion led by:

Carol Raphael, Chief Executive Officer, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Discussant