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Humans, Systems, and Technologies

To be safe and effective, technologies and environments need to be designed with human behavior in mind. For example, health care devices intended for use in homes need to be safe for people to use without professional assistance, and work environments need to be designed in ways that minimize the chances of accidents. Through our studies and workshops, we examine how research on human behavior can inform the design of environments and the development of technologies and systems. See also:

Board on Human-Systems Integration

Reports

	Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors (BOHSI) 2011 In the United States, health care devices, technologies, and practices are rapidly moving into the home. The factors driving this migration include the costs of health care, the growing numbers of... Read more

	The Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue (BOHSI) 2011 Nearly everyone experiences fatigue, but some professions--such as aviation, medicine and the military--demand alert, precise, rapid, and well-informed decision making and communication with little... Read more

	Issues in Commuting and Pilot Fatigue:Interim Report (BOHSI) 2011 The potential for fatigue to negatively affect human performance is well established. Concern about this potential in the aviation context extends back decades, with both airlines and pilots agreeing... Read more

	Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions: Toward a Unified Social Framework: Workshop Summary (BOHSI) 2011 Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions: Toward a Unified Social Framework summarizes presentations and discussions that took place on August 16-17, 2010, at a National... Read more

	The Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care:Workshop Summary (BOHSI) 2010 The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety. Yet a major influence on the... Read more

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	New Report! More coordinated planning and improvements to training and technology in mine safety operations could better prepare underground coal miners for escape, says a new report Improving Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines ► Read more
	Recent Report! The fifth edition of a report from the National Research Council describes four fundamental principles and recommends 13 practices that would best position a federal statistical agency to provide accurate and credible statistical information to policymakers and the public. ► Read More
	New Report! The report Benefits, Burdens, and Prospects of the American Communicty Survey (ACS) looks at the contours of the ACS user constituency—including applications in media, business, and legal proceedings as well as uses by the state and local agencies—and provides important input to the ongoing review and refinement of the ACS program.