Reclaiming the systems identity of human factors and ergonomics in healthcare
Chadwick, L. M., O’Dea, A.
Healthcare adopted HFE behavioral tools while neglecting systems approaches. Healthcare HFE practitioners must advocate for positions and projects that embrace genuine systems approaches.
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Towards mastery: Evidence from one team’s pursuit of operational excellence
Duffy, S. R., Patel, V., Vo-Schneider, P. C., Schultz, T., Chu, C., Wu, X.
A formal Data Science Platform Operations cross-training program that focused on data science systems, tools, and infrastructure used within our organization improved productivity and efficiency.
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Individual variability in physiological, behavioral, and psychological responses to cold stress: A narrative review
Mohammadi, B., Dehghan, S. F.
Cold stress responses represent a dynamic integration of physiological, cognitive, and behavioral adaptations shaped by individual characteristics and exposure context.
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Focus on the experts: Co-designing an augmented reality eye-gaze tracking system with surgical trainees to improve endoscopic instruction
Atoum, J., Park, J. K., Akter, M., Kavoussi, N., Wu, J. Y., Wisniewski, P.
Participants explored the theoretical integration of AR technology in surgical training. They felt that an AR-based eye-gaze tracking system would be useful and co-designed features.
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Evaluating accessibility in telehealth platforms using heuristic review: A case study of the pathways application
Khasawneh, A., Gallagher, P., Jarrett, J., & Jacobson, E.
A heuristic evaluation with five experts using the newly developed ADA-aligned accessibility heuristics was effective for identifying critical accessibility gaps in telehealth platforms.
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Directly engaging patients with glucose management: integrated visualization of personal device data for use between traditional visits
Patterson, E. S., Lacko, J. E., Der-McLeod, E., Chuang, V. I., Ash, G. I., Fung, C. H., Mak, S. S.
Integrated visualizations of data from multiple devices help patients link their health behaviors to glucose variation, motivating self-reflection and behavioral change, and enhancing self-efficacy.
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Workflow disruptions and surgeon workload: A mixed methods study of physiologically assessed workload and qualitative observation
Wietzorrek, L., Craenen, E., Mariani, M. A., Cnossen, F.
This study reveals patterns in the occurrence of workflow disruptions during cardiac surgery, such as they were more frequent during the final phase of surgery.
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Disruptive behaviors in the operating room: The paradox of surgical excellence
Cohen, T. N., Gewertz, B. L., Rosengart, T. K., & Salas, E.
Disruptive behavior in the OR threatens team performance. Systems-level strategies such as fostering psychological safety and enhancing team resilience mitigate these risks.
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Designing human-centered wearables for Parkinson’s patients
Sferratore, J., Patel, T., Penza, A., Jovanovic, E., Blum, L., & Seshadri, D.
Educational sessions and facilitated group discussions can reduce stigma, improve adoption, and warrant equitable access to wearable health technologies for Parkinson's disease management.
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Critical Decisions, Interpersonal Communication, and Context: Insights Into Doctors’ Decision-Making Process in Cancer Care at a Government Hospital in India
Jain, N., Singh, P.
Interviews with doctors about cancer treatments in resource-constrained hospitals in India reveal the need to move toward personalized decision-making that considers the array of contextual factors affecting individual patients.
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What’s Informing Trust and Adoption? Can Current Cognitive Models Support Expert Adoption of AI?
Lamb, S. C., Byrne, M., Norman, T. J., Ramchurn, S. D., & Naiseh, M.
Experts’ use of AI support in intelligence analysis is improved when they compensate for system weakness, underscoring importance of transparency and learning of system boundaries.
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The Role-Based Ontology Process: Designing a Remote Vehicle Operations Center
Bill K. Buck, Eric T. Chancey, Michael S. Politowitz, Matthew C. Underwood
Role Based Ontology integrates user design into systems engineering. It includes user definition, user roles, software & communications, hardware, data flow, & workstation UI with situation awareness. The process is described in context of designing a prototype drone operations center.
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Impact of Shapes and Patterns on Recognition and Response Efficiency in Safety
Chenghao Yu, Rong Huang, Haokai Huang, Yuchen Sun, Qilin Chang, Tzu Yang Loh
Visual complexity of safety signs was studied by showing participants bar, square, and irregular patterns, pushing a button to identify the pattern. Bars were superior in reaction time, errors, and cumulative learning time. The authors recommend that safety sign design should prioritize bar patterns and simpler, more standard designs.
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The Design and Evaluation of Passive Shoulder Exoskeleton in Reducing Physical Demands
Nithisate Petju, Sarah Saadprai, Naris Charoenporn, Bunyoug Rungroungdouyboon
A passive exoskeleton for shoulder level tasks was tested. The exoskeleton lowered muscle activity, lowered perceived exertion ratings, increased productivity and decreased completion time. Shoulder level work height showed improved accuracy and lower exertion than eye level.
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Workspaces With Automated Scanning Stations: Minimizing Effects of Temporal light Modulation of Human Viewers
Pranav Madhav Kuber, Katherine Darveau
Research and standards on Temporal Light Modulation are reviewed, I.e. flicker and stroboscopic effects in the workplace which can cause effects ranging from headaches to seizures. Six research based factors/measures are presented (perceptual, physiological, cognitive, task related, environmental, individual differences) which can be used to design questionnaires. (Table 2)
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Apply Now for the ASPIRE 2026 Early-Career Faculty Academy
Early-Career Faculty Academy Applications Now Open for ASPIRE 2026
The ASPIRE 2026 Early-Career Faculty Academy supports pre-tenure faculty in human factors, ergonomics and related disciplines through interactive sessions on research, teaching, funding, publishing, mentorship, work-life balance and career development. Applications are due August 31, 2026, for this sponsored academy taking place October 19, 2026, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.
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Special Issue Proposal: Human Factors in Cognitive Security – Trust, Decision Integrity and Influence in Complex Information Environments
The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE), whose mission is to promote the science and professional practice of human factors and ergonomics around the world, has elected Camille Bilger from the United Kingdom as a new FPE Director.
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Foundation for Professional Ergonomics Elects New Director and Secretary
The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE), whose mission is to promote the science and professional practice of human factors and ergonomics around the world, has elected Camille Bilger from the United Kingdom as a new FPE Director.
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Student Wins Annual DWJ Award
Xiaoyun Yin, a PhD student at Human Systems Engineering Arizona State University, has won the Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) 2026 Dieter W. Jahns Student Award.
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Hand Dominance Increases During Concurrent Bimanual Tracking: The Role of Gaze Contingencies and Visual Display
Adrien Coudiere, Matthieu Morin, Pierre-Michel Bernier, Frederic R. Danion
Dual-task bimanual tracking amplifies dominant-hand prioritization due to gaze bias; enforcing central fixation reduces asymmetry without performance cost, informing selection, training, and cockpit display design.
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Untangling the Web of Deceit: Examining Shared User Susceptibility Across Five Types of Digital Deceptions
Dawn M. Sarno; Jinan N. Allan
Users who struggle to detect deception in one digital domain tend to struggle across others; cognitive reflection and digital literacy modestly improve detection, while domain-switching slows responses and can shift response tendencies.
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PATE Model: A 30-Year Review and Analysis of Gestural Interaction Research
Pei-Yu (Peggy) Chen, Joachim Huber, Antti Oulasvirta, Sean Follmer, Per Ola Kristensson
Gestural interface performance depends on user, action, target, and environment interactions; for practitioners, effective design and evaluation requires accounting for these combined factors rather than isolated metrics.
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Investigating Transfer of Input Device Practice on Psychomotor Performance in an Aviation Selection Test
Christopher Draheim, Nathan Herdener, Ericka Rovira, S. R. Melick, Richard Pak, Joseph T. Coyne, Ciara Sibley
Practice with an input device improves complex tracking regardless of device. However, mismatches harm simple tasks. Selection, learning ability and task adaptation may better predict performance than prior device experience.
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Adaptable Automation Transparency: Should Humans Be Provided Flexibility to Self-Select Transparency Information?
Monica Tatasciore, Laura Bennett, Vanessa K. Bowden, Jason Bell, Troy A. W. Visser, Ken McAnally, Jason S. McCarley, Matthew B. Thompson, Christopher Shanahan, Robert Morris, Shayne Loft
Greater system transparency improves human accuracy of automation use. Allowing operators to choose transparency levels does not enhance accuracy compared to providing a fixed transparency setting.
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Mapping Critical Decisions and Cues in Firefighting: A Structured Analysis Using the Critical Decision Method
Nurul Ahad Choudhury, Pratima Saravanan
The Critical Decision Method was used to develop a cue inventory and decision map for improving firefighter decision-making, safety protocols, and training design.
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Situation Awareness in Fast Rescue Crafts Operators—A Simulator Study
John MacDonald, Elizabeth Sanli, Jennifer Smith, Michael Taber, Gal Ziv
Experienced Fast Rescue Craft operators had higher situation awareness than novices in a search and rescue simulation due to their ability to better predict future events (Level 3 Situation Awareness).
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A Design Sprint to Develop Human Factors-Based Heuristics to Aid in Product Procurement Decisions
Shanmugapriya Loganathar, Megan M. McCray, Amanda V. Kamaraj, Kristen Webster, Swaminathan Kandaswamy, Y. Raymond Chan, Melinda Jamil, Ashley Shepherd, Sarah Fouquet, Orysia Bezpalko, Laura Barg-Walkow, Ethan Larson, Brittany L. Anderson-Montoya, James Won
An HFE heuristic tool for healthcare was developed to evaluate substitute products under shortages. It is a 5-stage procedure: 1. Understand the project, 2. Sketch ideas, 3. Storyboard, 4. Prototype, and 5. Validate.
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Design Process and Performance Testing of a Dynamic Seat Cushion
Sirinant Channak, Erwin M. Speklé, Allard J. van der Beek, Sonja N. Pau-Buzink, Prawit Janwantanakul
Investigators determined the optimal design of a portable dynamic seat cushion. The cushion must be at least as wide as hip breath (personalized is suggested). The best shape was a ring-shaped air sac. Higher inflation increased muscle activation.
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The Impacts of Rotating Shiftwork on Worker Fatigue Levels and Associated Adaptations: A Naturalistic Study Across Offshore Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
John Kang, Stephanie C. Payne, Farzan Sasangohar, Ranjana K. Mehta
Forward (day-to-night) rotations significantly increase fatigue, degrade sleep, and impact vigilance and delay adaptation; for operations, minimize rotating shifts and prioritize fatigue risk management for safety-critical performance.
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Investigating Occupational Stress in ICU Nurses: A Comparative Analysis of Mental and Physical Stress Using Heart Rate Variability and Wrist-Worn Accelerometer Data
Samira Ziyadidegan, Farzan Sasangohar, Pratima Saravanan, Valerie Danesh, Faisal Masud
HRV and accelerometer data can distinguish mental from physical stress, with combined stress producing stronger, more persistent physiological responses in ICU nurses.
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Multitasking Tug-of-War: Exploring the Impact of Task Modality, Task Load Level, and Task Load Type on Dual-Task Interference in Virtual Reality
Mohamad El Iskandarani, Matthew Bolton, Sara Lu Riggs
Dual-task interference increases when tasks share modality and as task load rises, especially for detection tasks. Effects depend on load type and modality interactions.
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The Impacts of Rotating Shiftwork on Worker Fatigue Levels and Associated Adaptations: A Naturalistic Study Across Offshore Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
John Kang, Stephanie C. Payne, Farzan Sasangohar, Ranjana K. Mehta
Forward (day-to-night) rotations significantly increase fatigue, degrade sleep, and impact vigilance and delay adaptation; for operations, minimize rotating shifts and prioritize fatigue risk management for safety-critical performance.
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Does the Directive to Avoid Low Back Flexion Hinder Physical Performance? Examining Isometric Strength in Postures Adopted During Light Mass Lifting
Brendan L. Pinto, Tyson A. C. Beach, Jack P. Callaghan
Avoiding low back flexion reduces spinal flexion without reducing strength, but high individual variability shows simple directives are insufficient. Personalized coaching is needed to ensure safe and effective lifting performance.
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Using the Delphi technique and critical decisions method to derive nursing student training requirements for sepsis detection in adult patients
Saravanan, P., Jones, S. L., Weston, C., McGarity, T., Mulcahy, A., Melendez, S., & Sasangohar, F.
Critical decision method (cues and expert decisions) paired with a Delphi study (consensus) helped develop a high-fidelity simulation-based training curriculum for nursing recognition of sepsis.
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In AI We Trust? Exploring the Role of Explainable GenAI and Expertise in Education
Camille Safarov, Gregory Gadzinski, Stephan Schlögl
Students’ trust in AI is miscalibrated: nonexperts over-rely on incorrect outputs, while explanation complexity increases trust. This helps experts but can be harmful for nonexperts.
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Quantitative Analysis and Mitigation of the Impact of Network Latency on Video Conferencing Communication Efficiency
JianXiang Chen, Zhang Tao
Study quantifies how network latency impacts communication efficiency in video conferencing, showing a 2.6× increase in communication time per delay unit, which demonstrates that low-latency intent signaling significantly mitigates performance degradation.
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Inspirational leadership, change implementation, and technology adoption in shaping healthcare service effectiveness: A study at Hasan Sadikin hospital, Bandung
Karina Ansheila, Anderson Kumenaung, Merinda Herrari Chrisnuartanti Pandowo, Arrazi Bin Hasan Jan, Johan Reineer Tumiwa
Change process implementation is the primary pathway for inspirational leadership style to influence healthcare service effectiveness. New technology adoption was secondary.
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Cybersecurity Risks and Vulnerabilities in Robotic-Assisted Surgery
Patrick Fuller, Holden Duffie, Dan Li, Alfredo Carbonell, Nicholas Perkins, Jackie S. Cha
Study identifies cybersecurity vulnerabilities in robotic-assisted surgery, highlighting training gaps, communication issues, and stakeholder disconnects, and introduces an FMECA-based tool to assess risks and improve patient safety.
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Equity risks in usability evaluations of health technologies: A failure modes and effects analysis
Tjhie, R., Cafazzo, J. A., & Montague, E.
Primary failure modes for equity within health technology evaluations: lack of evaluator expertise or specific heuristics (heuristic evaluations) and marginalized user group representation (usability testing).
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Multimodal Cueing in Attitude Tracking: Predicting Pilot Mental Workload Through Physiological Measurements
Gabriele Luzzani, Madeline Fischer, Michael Morcos, Sara Lo Vecchio, Danilo Demarchi, Giorgio Guglieri, Umberto Saetti
Multimodal cues reduce workload under degraded vision, while physiological signals, especially respiration and fNIRS, effectively predict mental workload, supporting adaptive pilot systems.
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Using dual motion capture to optimize patient transfer techniques and identify lower back injury risk factors in healthcare settings
Ji, X., & Gao, X.
Patient transfer techniques that reduce strain and injury risk include: neutral trunk posture, coordinated knee flexion, assistive device use, and push/pull assignments based on body height and weight.
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How Can I Trust You? The Effect of Risk and Automation Failures on Trust and Reliance Behavior
Nikolai Ebinger, Norah Neuhuber, Bettina Kubicek
Drivers reduce trust and reliance under high risk and after automation failure, but trust recovers over time; failure timing does not affect trust dynamics.
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(Some) Benefits in Operator Decisions to Use AI After Experiencing Optimal Outcomes
Colleen E. Patton, Benjamin A. Clegg, Blake C. Davis, Nathaniel Blanchard
Short exposure to optimal behaviors (collecting large amounts of evidence and using machine learning aid) increased these behaviors later, improving performance but not sustaining optimal levels when operators regain decisional freedom.
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Linking UI Design to Training Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Satisfaction in Central Venous Catheterization Simulation
Knaf, A., Motamedi, S., Moore, J. Z., Adhikary, S., & Miller, S. R.
Increased real-time feedback and instruction clarity created limited improvements in satisfaction and strategy selection. User interface intuitiveness remains the most important aspect of medical training simulators.
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A Taxonomy for Understanding the Disuse of Technology by Older Adults: A Qualitative Analysis of Disuse of Smart Speakers
Emily C. Gleaton, Richard Catrambone
Older adults discontinued smart speakers for different reasons, including disappointment, low relevance, privacy concerns, and independence, supporting a taxonomy of distinct technology disuse trajectories.
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Testing a Computational Model of Interruptions: The Effects of Time Pressure on Interruption and Response Decisions
Emma B. Knight, Hector Palada, Andrew Neal, Penelope M. Sanderson, Timothy Ballard
Time pressure non-linearly influences decisions to interrupt a teammate, with individuals biased toward interrupting unless the teammate’s workload is high; however, responses to interruptions follow a rational, linear sensitivity to relative time pressure.
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Passive Exoskeletons Reduce Low-Back Passive Tissue Creep
Hanbo Zou, Seulgi Kim, Sangeun Jin
Passive exoskeletons prevented low-back tissue creep and reduced muscle strain during prolonged stooping, helping maintain spinal stability and lowering potential risk of low back pain development.
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A Case for Runway Status Lights at Nontowered Airports
Luigi Raphael I. Dy, John H. Mott
Simplified runway status lights reduced runway incursion risk and workload, especially when traffic was hard to see, with pilots generally viewing the system as helpful and safety enhancing.
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