Use of design thinking and human factors approach to improve situation awareness in the pediatric intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Optimal design of healthcare spaces can enhance patient care. We applied design thinking and human factors principles to optimize communication and signage on high risk patients to improve situation awareness in a new clinical space for the pediatric ICU.

Objective

To assess the impact of these tools in mitigating situation awareness concerns within the new clinical space. We hypothesized that implementing these design-informed tools would either maintain or improve situation awareness.

Design, settings, and participants

A 15-week design thinking process was employed, involving research, ideation, and refinement to develop and implement new situation awareness tools. The process included engagement with interprofessional clinical teams, scenario planning, w

SUBMITTER: Gifford A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12444657 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature