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The problem with how we view medical (and diagnostic) error in emergency medicine

open access: yesAcademic Emergency Medicine, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 340-347, March 2025.
Abstract Investigating error in healthcare has long been a central focus of patient safety efforts, yet this approach oversimplifies the complexities of a deeply interconnected and dynamic system. This paper argues that framing patient harm solely as “error” has failed to yield meaningful improvements, as it overlooks the broader factors contributing ...
Meagan M. Ladell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ergonomic Optimization in Worker-Robot Bimanual Object Handover: Implementing REBA Using Reinforcement Learning in Virtual Reality [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Robots can serve as safety catalysts on construction job sites by taking over hazardous and repetitive tasks while alleviating the risks associated with existing manual workflows. Research on the safety of physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) is traditionally focused on addressing the risks associated with potential collisions.
arxiv  

Adoption of vaginally assisted natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery for hysterectomy: A single tertiary experience

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 77-84, February 2025.
Background Vaginal hysterectomy (VH) rate is declining despite being considered as the optimal minimally invasive option for hysterectomy with reduced operative time and length of stay compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH). Vaginal assisted natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery hysterectomy (VANH) combines the advantages of both ...
Supuni Kapurubandara   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ergonomics in the Workplace: Is It Time for an OSHA Standard? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Improper ergonomic design of jobs is one of the leading causes of work-related illness, accounting for perhaps a third of employers’ costs under state workers’ compensation laws.
Rappaport, Edward
core   +5 more sources

Deep learning classification method for boar sperm morphology analysis

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Boar semen quality emphasizes three major criteria: sperm concentration, motility, and morphology. Methods to analyze concentration and motility quickly and objectively readily exist, but few exist for analyzing morphology outside of subjective manual counting.
Alexandra Keller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ergonomics as Perceived by Staff Nurses and Its Relation to Their Job Satisfaction

open access: yesEvidence-Based Nursing Research
Context: Ergonomics is a systems-oriented discipline that extends across all aspects of the work environment and human activity to enhance safety, efficiency, quality of work-life, operators’ comfort and productivity that increase job satisfaction of ...
Ehsan Saad Soliman, Shaimaa M. Araby
doaj   +1 more source

Individual Differences in the Experience of Cognitive Workload [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study investigated the roles of four psychosocial variables – anxiety, conscientiousness, emotional intelligence, and Protestant work ethic – on subjective ratings of cognitive workload as measured by the Task Load Index (TLX) and the further ...
Guastello, Stephen J.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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