Fieldwork for Healthcare

Dominic Furniss is a Researcher Co-Investigator on the CHI+MED project at University College London. He investigates the design and use of medical devices in hospitals. His interests include the development of theory to support the understanding of performance in socio-technical systems. He is the lead editor and also the author of Chapter 3.Ann Blandford is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at UCL, and leads the CHI+MED project on making interactive medical devices safer. Her expertise is in models and methods for studying interactive systems ""in the wild,"" with a particular focus on healthcare. She is the senior editor and a co-author of Chapter 11.Rebecca Randell is a Senior Translational Research Fellow in the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, where she leads the decision-making research theme. Her research focuses on studying how technology impacts the decision making of healthcare professionals. She is a co-editor and also the author of Chapter 5.Svetlena Tanevais a Human Factors Specialist at Healthcare Human Factors, UHN. Svetlena specializes in the development and evaluation of technology and organizational processes for clinical environments. For the past eight years, Svetlena worked and published extensively in the area of HCI in healthcare. She is a co-editor and also a co-author of Chapter 4.

• Preface.- Acknowlegements.- Confessions from the Operating Suite: Negotiating Capture, Resistance, Errors, and Identity.- Understanding Trauma Resuscitation: Experiences from the Field and Lessons Learned.- HCI Observations on an Oncology Ward: A Fieldworker’s Experience.- Observing Healthcare: An Exploration of Observer Experiences and Emotion.- Finding Balance: Matters of Ethics, Consent, and Emotional Work When Studying Handover in Hospitals.- Fieldwork and Challenges of Access.- Building Relationships: HCI Researchers at a Gastro Surgical Department.- Deploying Healthcare Technology "in the wild:" Experiences from Deploying a Mobile Health Technology for Bipolar Disorder Treatment.- Designing Technology for Extremely Vulnerable Adults: The Important Role of Staff in Design and Ethics.- The Challenges of Interviewing Older People in Their Own Homes: Reflections and Suggestions from the Field.- Studying Patients’ Interactions with Home Haemodialysis Technology: The Ideal and The Practical.- Experiences in HCI, Healthcare, and Development: Lessons from the PartoPen Project in Kenya.- References.- Biographies .