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Today’s clinical care environments are complex, dynamic systems with short timelines and high stakes. Techniques and technologies are in flux, and multiple care providers must be closely coordinated.
Aptima addresses these challenges through the patient-centered engineering of training systems, medical technology, clinical processes and organizational structures. We design medical information systems that greatly enhance how people interact with them for easy, safe, and effective use. We focus on improving caregiver teamwork and coordination skills. And we develop staffing, workflow, and coordination tools.
Aptima offers systematic research-based solutions that enhance patient safety, improve healthcare quality, and increase cost efficiency. Our solutions include:
- Display designs that convey complex info to a multi-function team
- Training systems for increased teamwork and coordination
- Organization and work design to improve workflow efficiency
- Performance assessment and technology evaluation to ensure effectiveness
Aptima’s medical systems portfolio ranges from the development of distributed training for trauma teams, to the design of systems for the Operating Room of the Future.
Examples of our work:
Removing Barriers to the Use of Medical Decision Support Tools
Developed a web-based tutorial that “demystifies” medical informatics tools, so clinicians can better use them to make decisions about cardiac diagnoses and admissions <more>
Lending a Hand to Critical Care Monitoring
Developed a powerful yet simple interface that clinicians can use in real-time to evaluate stroke patients for thrombolytic therapy <more>
OR Wall of Knowledge
Designed an integrated display for the Operating Room of the Future used at Massachusetts General Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center <more>
Smart Devices for Laparoscopic Surgery
Identified potential design solutions and identified a concept for an innovative sensor-enhanced computer assisted endoscopic tool
Expeditionary Medical Team Training
Developed a telemedicine training program for quickly reconfigured, rapidly deployed trauma teams to work together effectively <more>
Robotic Surgery Evaluation
Identified the salient human factors considerations for integration of robotic and computer-assisted technologies into the OR of the Future
Simulation-based Training for Medical First Responders
Worked with Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital to facilitate training of civilian EMS units <more>
Perioperative Patient Safety
Analyzed perioperative information transfer to identify vulnerable areas; designed interventions to improve info flow for patient safety
Evaluation of Anesthesia Training Simulators
Delivered needs assessment of anesthesiology simulator technologies to support technology acquisition
Ward Bed Management Display
Integrated real-time patient status data integration and display technology with RFID technology for a ward bed management application
Community Education of Cervical Cancer Risks Posed by HPV
Worked with several hospital sponsors to developed a multimedia educational CD for the Centers for Disease Control <more>
Publications: - Grier, R.A., Skarin, B., Lubyansky, A., & Wolpert, L. (2008). Implementing the Cultural Dimension into a Command and Control System. Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association - George Mason University Symposium on Critical Issues in C4I, May, 2008. Fairfax, VA.
- Hamman, W. R., Rutherford, W., Fuqua, W., Seiler, B., Beaubien, J. M., Rubinfeld, I., Lammers, R., Liang, B. A., & Riley, W. (2007). In-situ simulation®: Moving simulation to new levels of realism within healthcare organizations. Proceedings of the 3rd Safety Across High Consequence Industries (SAHI) Conference, St. Louis University.
- Picciano, P., & Drews, F.A. (2006). Instant expertise for novice responders performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
- Lai, F., MacMillan, J., Daudelin, D. H., & Kent, D. (2006). The potential of training to increase acceptance and use of computerized decision support systems for medical diagnosis. Human Factors, 48, 95-108.
- Entin, E. B., Lai, F., & Barach, P. (2006). Training teams for the perioperative environment: A research agenda. Surgical Innovations, 13(3), 170-178.
- Baker, D. P., Gustafson, S., Beaubien, J. M., Salas, E., & Barach, P. (2005). Medical team training programs in health care. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation, Volume 4 (pp. 253-267). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
- Beaubien, J. M., &: Baker, D. P. (2004). The use of simulation for training teamwork skills in health care: How low can you go? Quality and Safety in Health Care, 13 (Supplement 1), i51-i56.
- Entin, E. B., Lai, F., Mackenzie, C., Xiao, Y., Seagull, F. J., Malone, D. & Neal, L. (2003). Scenario-Based Teamwork Skills Training for Geographically Distributed Teams. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: HFES.
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