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Patterson, E., Sanders, E., Sommerich, C. Lavender, S. Li, Jing, Evans, K. (2017). Meeting Patient Expectations During Hospitalization: A Grounded Theoretical Analysis of Patient-Centered Room Elements. HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal, doi/10.1177/1937586717696700.
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Dr. Emily Patterson is an Associate Professor in the Division of Health Information Management and Systems, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine at the Ohio State University. She has a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Ohio State University. Dr. Patterson applies human factors engineering to improve patient safety and quality in healthcare. Her research focus areas include communication during transitions of care and health informatics.
Steve Lavender is an associate professor in Integrated Systems Engineering and Orthopaedics at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on the development and evaluation of ergonomic improvements to work processes. Recent projects include the design of med/surg patient rooms to meet the needs of all occupations that work in med/surg rooms, the development of ergonomic interventions for the patient handling tasks performed by EMS responders, developing ergonomic interventions for imaging technologists, biomechanical evaluations of emergency evacuation devices used in high rise buildings, assessing the efficacy of interventions aimed at lower extremity discomfort in distribution centers, and investigations into the factors that affect the adoption of ergonomic interventions.