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Human technology interface(HTI) is the interaction between human and technology. With the advancement of technology and computer science, healthcare has undergone numerous developments in response to the technological world. In nursing, the Human-Technology Interface (HTI) is defined as the application of computer technology to all areas of nursing. It is the hardware and software that allows the user to interact with any technology (Dufault, 2021). Nurses, doctors, and other interprofessional personnel in the modern healthcare environment use technology in the form of supportive and enabling hardware and/or software, such as electronic health records (EHR), medication and patient scanning devices via a workstation on wheels, electronic tablets such as the iPad that scan and photograph and can also interpret languages, and patient monitoring systems that use on-demand video to monitor the room for patient safety (Dufault, 2021).
While technology has the capacity to improve care, it also has the potential to cause harm. Technology has been described as both a component of the problem and a part of the solution for safer health care, with some observers warning that the adoption of new technologies could lead to the introduction of yet-to-be-discovered faults (Gachie and Wesley Govender, 2017). The sheer volume of new gadgets, their complexity, the inadequate interaction between numerous technologies at the bedside, and the haphazard introduction of new devices at the bedside may all cause problems. Despite the billions of dollars spent annually on an ever-increasing array of medical devices and equipment, the nursing profession has paid little attention to technology's application and integration with other components of the health-care environment (Gachie and Wesley Govender, 2017). Mostly all patient monitoring mishaps are caused by human-technology interface issues. The technology may work flawlessly, but the interface design may cause the human user to make mistakes.
Increased attention to improving the human technology interface through human factors approaches has already led to significant improvement in many areas of healthcare. Improving Human technology interaction, can be learned a lot about how to make our interfaces more compatible with their human users and the context of care from the adjacent subjects of Cognitive Engineering, Human Factors, and Ergonomics (Sittig, Belmont and Singh, 2018). The design process should be iterative, allowing for problem evaluation and adjustment. Iteration is the act of repeating a procedure in order to come closer to a desired objective or target.
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Dufault, M., 2021. Outcomes of Integrating Smart Phrase Interface Technology to Improve Cancer Symptom Management. Journal of Practical and Professional Nursing, 5(1), pp.1-11.
Sittig, D., Belmont, E. and Singh, H., 2018. Improving the safety of health information technology requires shared responsibility: It is time we all step up. Healthcare, 6(1), pp.7-12.
Gachie, W. and Wesley Govender, D., 2017. The evaluation of human computer interface design of learning management systems: problems and perspectives. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 15(3), pp.394-410.
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Yanet Garrido
2/14/22, 4:11 PM
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Nurses, doctors, and other interprofessional staff in today's healthcare setting use technology in the form of supportive and enabling hardware and/or software, such as electronic health records (EHR), medicines, and patient information systems. Scanning devices with a mobile workstation and scanning devices with electronic tablets like the iPad It can also translate languages, as well as patient monitoring systems that use on-demand video to keep an eye on the room for patient safety (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2018). Other cardiac defibrillators, patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps, and wireless cardiac telemetry monitoring devices are examples of human-interface technology in 2018 (McGonigle & Mastrian).
During my quest for a human-technology interface issue not discussed in the textbook, I realized that ergonomics was an often-overlooked component that prevents nurses and other users from being adequately motivated to use HTI efficiently and effectively. How can a user be expected to be proficient with either the device design or the HTI in the manner it was intended if the platform/chair/workstation on which we work is too big, non-conforming to the body, unwieldy, or uncomfortable? In my hospital, I can personally attest to the inadequate and often non-working and ripped up/torn office chairs that are not adequately replaced with ergonomic ones; this is the most common complaint I've heard over the years as a nurse, at my organization, and from many others in regard to personal comfort while on the job while using human-technology interface.
Szalma (2014) suggests in his writings that the human operator must be ergonomically comfortable in their environment in order to be compliant, not bored and exhausted with technology. Smith's (2012) study on measuring proper clinician ergonomics should help HTI designers and developers better understand technology's limitations and human tiredness. Exhaustion would be reduced while compliancy would increase if designers understood the basis of human fatigue in connection to 5:45 PM operability. The most logical and immediate solution of course would be to supply ergonomic chairs, lighter and less cumbersome workstations e.g., mouse pads, screens with less glare, and lightweight workstations on wheels that don’t cause injury to the nurse because they are height/weight appropriate and don’t weigh too much as to cause injury from overexertion and repetitive movement.
