Summary
Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on human factors and organizational
issues in medical informatics published in 2016.
Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline and Web of Science® was conducted to identify
the scientific contributions published in 2016 that address human factors and organizational
issues in medical informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15
candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external
reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best
paper, and (iii) the final selection of five best papers was conducted by the editorial
board of the Yearbook.
Results: The five selected best papers present studies with rigorous methods, properly designed
and described and are, therefore, efficiently reusable for other researches.
Conclusion: Human factors and ergonomics- based interventions must be tailored to the context,
but meaningful ways must be simultaneously found to generate a stronger evidence base
for research and to provide efficient, easy to implement, and useful methods.
Keywords
Human factors - ergonomics - health information technology - usability - organizational
issues
