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  1. Karsh, B., Newenhouse, A. C., and Chapman, L. J. (In Press). Barriers to the Adoption of Ergonomic Innovations to Control Musculoskeletal Disorders and Improve Performance. Applied Ergonomics.
  2. Howard, J. Clark, E. C., Friedman, A., Crosson, J. C., Pellerano, M., Crabtree, B. F., Karsh, B., Jaen, C. R., Bell, D. S., Cohen, D. J. (Accepted). Electronic Health Record Impact on Work Burden in Small, Unaffiliated, Community-based Primary Care Practices. Journal of General Internal Medicine.
  3. Novack, L. J., Holden, R. H., Karsh, B. (Accepted) Using a sociotechnical framework to understand adaptations in health IT. International Journal of Medical Informatics.
  4. Holden, R. J., Rivera-Rodriguez, A. J., Faye, H., Scanlon, M. C. and Karsh, B. (2012, in press) Automation and adaptation: Nurses' problem-solving behavior following the implementation of bar coded medication administration technology. Cognition, Technology, and Work. doi:10.1007/s10111-012-0229-4.
  5. Holden, R.J., Brown, R.L., Scanlon, M.C., & Karsh, B. (2012, in press). Modeling nurses’ acceptance of bar coded medication administration technology at a pediatric hospital. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000754.
  6. Holden, R. J., Scanlon, M. C., Brown, R. and Karsh, B. (2012, in press) Pharmacy employees perceptions and acceptance of bar coded medication technology in a pediatric hospital. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.01.004.
  7. Published

  8. Rivera-Rodriguez A. J., Faye, H., Karsh, B., Carayon, P., Baker, C. and Scanlon, M.C. (2012). A survey study of nursing contributions to medication management with special attention to health information technology. IIE Transactions in Healthcare Systems Engineering 2(3), 202-210. doi: 10.1080/19488300.2012.710296
  9. Alper, S. J., Holden, R. J., Scanlon, M. C., Patel, N. R., Kaushal, R., Skibinski, K. A., Brown, R. L., and Karsh, B. (2012) Self-Reported Violations During Medication Administration in Two Pediatric Hospitals. BMJ: Quality and Safety, 21, 408-415. PMID 22447818
  10. Wetterneck TB, Lapin JA, Krueger DJ, Holman GT, Beasley J, Karsh BT. (2012) Development of a Primary Care Physician Task List to Evaluate Workflow. BMJ Quality and Safety, 21(1), 47-53.
  11. Holden, R. J., Brown, R. L., Alper, S. J., Scanlon, M., Patel, N. Karsh, B. (2011). That's nice, but what does IT do? Evaluating the impact of bar coded medication administration by measuring changes in the process of care. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 41(4), 370-379. PMID: 21686318
  12. Beasley, J. W., Wetterneck, T., Temte, J., Lapin*, J. L., Smith, P., Rivera*, A. J., and Karsh, B. (2011). Information Chaos in Primary Care: Implications for Physician Performance and Patient Safety. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 24, 745-751
  13. Chapman, L.J., Brunette, C.M., Karsh, B., Taveira, A.D., and Josefsson, K.G. (2011) A four year intervention to increase adoption of safer dairy farming work practices. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 54, 232-243.
  14. *Holden, R.J., Scanlon, M.C., Patel, N.R., Kaushal, R., *Escoto, K.H., Brown, R.L., *Alper, S.J., Arnold, J.M., Shalaby, T.M., Murkowski, K., & Karsh, B. (2011). A human factors framework and study of the effect of nursing workload on patient safety and employee quality of working life. BMJ Quality & Safety, 20, 15-24. PMID: 21228071..
  15. Chapman, L. J., Newenhouse, A. C. and Karsh, B. (2010). Evaluation of a three-year intervention to increase adoption of safer nursery crop production practices. Applied Ergonomics, 41(1), 18-26.
  16. Or, K. L., Karsh, B., Severtson, D. J., Burke, L. J., Brown, R., Brennan, P. F. (2010). Factors affecting home care patient acceptance of a Web-based interactive self-management technology. JAMIA, 18, 51-59.
  17. Karsh, B., Weinger, M., Abbott, P., Wears, R. (2010). Health information technology: fallacies and sober realities. JAMIA, 17, 617-623. PMCID: PMC3000760
  18. ***“most accessed articles last month” November 2010-February 2011 and recipient of a International Medical Informatics Association “Best paper in Human Factors and Organizational Issues” award ***
  19. *Rivera, A. J. and Karsh, B. (2010). Interruptions and Distractions in Healthcare: Review and Reappraisal. Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 19(4), 304-312. PMID 20378621. NIHMSID: 249161. PMCID: PMC3007093.
  20. Faye, H., *Rivera, A. J., Karsh, B., Hundt, A. S., Baker, C., Carayon, P. (2010). Involving ICU nurses in a proactive risk assessment of the medication management process. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 36(8), 376-384.
  21. Beasley, J. W. and Karsh, B. (2010). What can we learn from effective collaboration in primary care research? One success story. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 11(3), 203-205.
  22. Scanlon, M. C. and Karsh, B. (2010). Value of human factors to medication and patient safety in the intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine, 38(6) Supplement, S90-S96. PMID: 20502180. NIHMSID: NIHMS198627
  23. Karsh, B., Beasley, J. W., Brown, R. L. (2010). Employed Family Physician Satisfaction and Commitment to their Practice, Work Group, and Health Care Organization. Health Services Research, 45(2), 457-475.
  24. *Holden, R. J., Patel, N., Scanlon, M., Shalaby, T., Arnold, J., Karsh, B. (2010). Effects of mental demands during dispensing on perceived medication safety and employee well being: A study of workload in pediatric hospital pharmacies. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 6(4), 293-306. NIHMSID: 157615
  25. ***#12 most downloaded 2010-2011***
  26. Karsh, B. and Brown, R. (2010). The impact of levels on theory, measurement, analysis, and intervention in medical error research: the case of patient safety health information technology. Applied Ergonomics, 41(5), 674-681.
  27. *Holden, R. J. and Karsh, B. (2010). The technology acceptance model: its past and its future in healthcare. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 43, 159-172. PMID: 19615467. PMCID:PMC2814963
  28. ***#2 All Time Most Downloaded and top 10 most cited***
  29. Chapman LJ, Newenhouse AC, Karsh BT, Taveira AD (2009). The use and value of information systems as evaluated by dairy and specialty crop farm mangers. Journal of Agromedicine, 14 324-335.
  30. *Or, K. L., *Valdez, R. S., Casper, G. R., Brennan, P. F., Carayon, P. Karsh, B. (2009). Human factors, ergonomics, and health information technology in home care – a perspective from work system analysis. WORK, 33(2), 201-209.
  31. *Or, K. L. and Karsh, B. (2009). A systematic review of patient acceptance of consumer health information technology and an integrated theoretical model. JAMIA, 16, 550-560.
  32. Karsh, B., Escoto, K. H., *Alper, S. J., *Holden, R. J., Scanlon, M., Murkowski, K. ,Patel, N., Shalaby, T., Arnold, J., Kaushal, R., Skibinski, K., Brown, R. (2009). Do beliefs about hospital technologies predict nurses’ perceptions of their ability to provide quality care? A study in two pediatric hospitals. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 25(5), 374-389.
  33. *Alper, S. J. and Karsh, B. (2009). A systematic review of the causes of safety violations in industry. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 41(4), 739-754.
  34. Karsh, B, Wetterneck, T. B., Wiegmann, D. A., Carayon, P. (2009). Communication and systems factors might still underlie surgical complications. Surgery, 145(6), 686-687.
  35. *Holden, R. J. and Karsh, B. (2009). A theoretical model of health information technology behavior. Behaviour and Information Technology, 28(1), 21-38.
  36. Chapman, L. J., Karsh, B., Taveira, A. D., Josefsson, G., Brunette, C. M. and Pereira, K. M. (2009). Intervention to increase adoption of safer dairy farming production practices. Public Health Reports, 124(Suppl 1), 125-133.
  37. Chapman, L. J., Taveira, A. D., Karsh, B., Josefsson, G., Newenhouse, A. C. and Meyer, R. H. (2009). Work exposures, injuries and musculoskeletal discomfort among children and adolescents in dairy farming. Journal of AgroMedicine, 14(1), 9-21.
  38. Deutsch ES, Binck B, Moore G, Karsh B-T. S*T*A*R*T: (2008). A great handoff - An approach to effective medical communication in a high-risk environment. Advances in Health Care Management, 7, 241-258.
  39. * Rivera, A. J. and Karsh, B. (2008). A human factors and systems engineering approach to patient safety. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 71(1 Suppl), S174-177.
  40. Chapman, L. J., Newenhouse, A. C., Pereira, K., Karsh, B., Meyer, R. M., Brunette, C., and Ehlers, J. J. (2008). Evaluation of four year intervention to reduce musculoskeletal hazards among berry growers. Journal of Safety Research, 39(2), 215-224.
  41. *Holden, R. J., *Or, K. L., *Alper, S. J., *Rivera, A. J. and Karsh, B. (2008). A change management framework for macroergonomic field research. Applied Ergonomics, 39, 459-474.
  42. Koppel, R. Wetterneck, T. B., Telles, J. L., and Karsh, B. (2008). Workarounds to barcode medication administration systems: occurrences, causes and threats to patient safety. JAMIA, 15, 408-428.
  43. Karnon, J., McIntosh, A., Dean, J., Bath, P., Hutchinson, A., Oakley, J., Thomas, N., Pratt, P., Freeman-Parry, L., Karsh, B., Gandhi, T., Tappenden, P. (2008). Modelling the expected net benefits of interventions to reduce the burden of medication errors. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 13(2), 85-91.
  44. Wears, R. L. and Karsh, B. (2007). Thick versus thin: description versus classification in learning from case reviews. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 51(3), 262-264.
  45. Karsh, B. and Scanlon, M. (2007). When is a defibrillator not a defibrillator? When it is like a clock radio…. The challenge of usability and patient safety in the real world. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 50, 433-435.
  46. *Ku, C-H, Radwin, R. G., and Karsh, B. (2007). Power Hand Tool Kinetics Associated with Upper Limb Injuries in an Automobile Assembly Plant. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 4, 391-399
  47. *Holden, R. J. and Karsh, B. (2007). A review of medical error reporting system design considerations and a proposed cross-level system research framework. Human Factors, 49(2), 257-276.
  48. **Awarded Best Paper in Human Factors by the International Medical Informatics Association 2008***
  49. Karnon, J., McIntosh, A., Dean, J., Bath, P., Hutchinson, A., Oakley, J., Thomas, N., Pratt, P., Freeman-Parry, L., Karsh, B., Gandhi, T., Tappenden, P. (2007). A prospective hazard and improvement analytic approach to predicting the effectiveness of medication error interventions. Safety Science, 45, 523-539.
  50. Scanlon, M.C., Karsh, B., Densmore, E., (2006). Human Factors and Pediatric Patient Safety. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 53, 1105-1119.
  51. Karsh, B., *Holden, R. J., *Alper, S. J., and *Or, K. L. (2006). A human factors engineering paradigm for patient safety – designing to support the performance of the health care professional. Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 15(Suppl I), i59-i65.
  52. Carayon, P., Hundt, A. S., Karsh, B., Gurses, A. P. Alvarado, C. J., Smith, M., and Brennan, P. F. (2006). Work system design for patient safety: the SEIPS model. Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 15(Suppl I), i50-i58.
  53. *Hallock, M. L., *Alper, S. J., and Karsh, B. (2006). A macroergonomic work system analysis of the diagnostic testing process in an outpatient health care facility for process improvement and patient safety. Ergonomics, 49(5-6), 544-566.
  54. *Hamilton-Escoto, K., Karsh, B., and Beasley, J. W. (2006). Multiple user considerations and their implications in medical error reporting system design. Human Factors, 48(1), 48-58.
  55. Karsh, B., *Hamilton-Escoto, K., Beasley, J. W., and *Holden, R. (2006). Toward and theoretical approach to medical error reporting system research and design. Applied Ergonomics, 37(3), 283-295.
  56. Karsh, B. (2006). Theories of work-related musculoskeletal disorders: implications for ergonomic interventions. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomic Science, 7(1), 71-88.
  57. Beasley, J. W., Karsh, B., Hagenauer, M. E., Marchand, L., Sainfort, F. (2005). What is the Quality of Work Life of Independent Versus Employed Family Physicians in Wisconsin? A WReN Study. Annals of Family Medicine, 3, 500-506.
  58. Karsh, B., Booske, B., Sainfort, F. (2005). Job and organizational determinants of nursing home employee commitment, job satisfaction and intent to turnover. Ergonomics, 48(10), 1260-1281.
  59. Beasley, J. W., Karsh, B., Sainfort, F., Hagenauer, M. E. Marchand, L. (2004). What is the quality of work life of family physicians in Wisconsin’s health care organizations? A WReN study. Wisconsin Medical Journal, 103(7), 51-55.
  60. *Hamilton-Escoto, K., *Hallock, M., *Wagner, J., and Karsh, B. (2004). Using variance analysis to detect hazards in a bar-code assisted medication preparation process. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, 30(11), 622-628.
  61. Karsh, B. (2004). Beyond usability for patient safety: designing effective technology implementation systems. Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 13(5), 388-394.
  62. Karsh, B., Beasley, J., Hagenauer, M. (2004). Are electronic medical records associated with improved perceptions of the quality of medical records, working conditions, or quality of working life? Behavior and Information Technology, 23(5), 327-335.
  63. Chapman, L. J., Newenhouse, A. C., Meyer, R. H., Taveira, A. D., Karsh, B., Ehlers, J., Palermo, T. (2004). Evaluation of a year long intervention to reduce musculoskeletal hazards among fresh market vegetable growers. Applied Ergonomics, 35(1), 57-66.
  64. Beasley, J., *Hamilton, K., Karsh, B. (2003). Design Elements for a Primary Care Medical Error Reporting System. Wisconsin Medical Journal, 103(1), 56-59.
  65. Chapman, L. J., Newenhouse, A. C., Meyer, R. H., Karsh, B., Taveira, A. D., Miquelon, M. (2003). Musculoskeletal discomfort, injuries, and tasks accomplished by children and adolescents in wisconsin fresh market vegetable production. Journal of Agriculture Safety and Health, 9(2), 91-105.
  66. Taveira, A. D., James, C. A., Karsh, B., Sainfort, F. (2003). Quality management and macroergonomics: an empirical investigation in a public sector organization. Applied Ergonomics, 34(4), 281-291.
  67. Jacko, J. A., Salvendy, G., Sainfort, F., Akoumianakis, D., Duffy, V. G., Ellison, J., Gant, D. B., Gill, Z., Ji, G. Y., Jones, P. M., Karsh, B., Karshmer, A. I., Lazar, J., Peacock, B., Resnick, M. L., Sears, A., Smith, M. J., Stephanidis, C., Ziegler, J. (2001). Intranet and organizational learning: a research and development agenda. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 14(1), 95-130.
  68. Karsh, B., Moro, F. B. P., and Smith, M. J. (2001). The efficacy of workplace ergonomic interventions to control musculoskeletal disorders: a critical examination of the peer-reviewed literature. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomic Science, 2(1), 23-96.
  69. Sainfort, F., Karsh, B., Booske, B., Smith, M. J. (2001). Applying Quality Improvement Principles to Achieve Healthy Work Organizations. Joint Commissions Journal on Quality Improvement, 27(9), 469-483.
  70. Karsh, B., Moro, F. B. P., Smith, M. J., Booske, B., Sainfort, F., and Hanrahan, L. P. (2000). The study of medication use and occupational injuries: methodological challenges and issues. Industrial Engineering Research, 1(2), 174-203.
  71. Carayon, P. and Karsh, B. (2000). Sociotechnical issues in the implementation of imaging technology. Behaviour and Information Technology, 19(4), 247-262.
  72. Smith, M. J., Conway, F. T., and Karsh, B. (1999). Occupational stress in human computer interaction (HCI). Industrial Health, 37(2), 157-173.
  73. Smith, M. J., Karsh, B., Conway, F. T., Cohen, W. J., James, C., Morgan, J., Sanders, K., and Zehel, D. (1998). Effects of a split keyboard and wrist rest on performance, posture, and comfort. Human Factors 40(2), 324-336.
  74. BOOK CHAPTERS

  75. Wetterneck, T. and Karsh, B. (2011). Human Factors Applications to Understand and Use Close Calls to Improve Health Care. In A. Wu (Ed.). The Value of Near Misses for Improving Patient Safety. Joint Commission Press.
  76. *Rivera, A. J. and Karsh, B (In Press). Human factors engineering in medicine. In T. Pawlicki, P. Dunscombe, A. J. Mundt, and P. Scalliet (Eds.). Quality Assurance and Safety in Radiotherapy.
  77. Carayon, P., Karsh, B., Alvarado, C. J. (2011). Environment of Use. In M.B. Weinger, D. J. Gardner-Bonneau, and M. E. Wiklund (Eds.). Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design. (pp. 63-96). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
  78. Karsh, B., Wetterneck, T., Holden, R. J., Rivera, A. J., Alper, S. J., Scanlon, M., Carayon, P., Faye, H. (2011). Bar coding in medication administration. In Y. Yih (Ed.). Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems. (pp. 47-1 to 47-17).
  79. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press
  80. Carayon, P., Faye, H., Hundt, A. S., Karsh, B., Wetterneck, T. B. (2011). Patient Safety and Proactive Risk Assessment. In Y. Yih (Ed.). Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems. (pp. 12-1 to 12-15). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press
  81. Carayon, P., Cartmill, R., Hoonakker, P., Hundt, A. S., Karsh, B., Krueger, D., et al. (2011). Human factors analysis of workflow in health information technology implementation. In P. Carayon (Ed.), Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Patient Safety (pp. 507-522). Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis.
  82. Karsh, B., Holden, R. J., & Or, C. K. L. (2011). Human factors and ergonomics of health information technology implementation. In P. Carayon (Ed.), Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Patient Safety (pp. 249-264). Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis.
  83. Wetterneck, T. B., Lapin, J. A., Karsh, B., & Beasley, J. W. (2011). Human factors and ergonomics in primary care. In P. Carayon (Ed.), Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Patient Safety (pp. 763-774). Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis.
  84. Karsh, B. (2009). Clinical Practice Improvement and Redesign: How Change in Workflow can be Supported by CDS. White Paper sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ Publication No. 09-0054-EF.
  85. Scanlon, M., Karsh, B., and Saran, K. A. (2008). Risk-based patient safety metrics. In Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
  86. Beasley, J. W., Hamilton-Escoto, K., and Karsh, B. (2006). Human Factors in Primary Care. In P. Carayon (Ed.). Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Patient Safety (pp. 921-936). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  87. Karsh, B. Holden, R. (2006). New technology implementation in health care. In P. Carayon (Ed.). Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Patient Safety (pp. 393-410). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  88. Fathallah, F.A., Meyers, J., Chapman, L.J., Karsh, B (2006). Agricultural ergonomics. In W. Karwowski and W. S. Marras (Eds.) Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics (The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook. 2nd Edition). Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press. 293-306
  89. Karsh, B., Carayon, P., Smith, M., Skibinski, K., Thomadsen, B. Brennan, P. F., and Murray, M. E. (2005). The University of Wisconsin-Madison multidisciplinary graduate certificate in patient safety. In Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation, Volume 4 (pp. 269-281). AHRQ Publication Nos. 050021 (1-4). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
  90. Karsh, B. and Alper, S. J. (2005). Work system analysis: the key to understanding health care systems. In Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation, Volume 2 (pp. 337-348) AHRQ Publication Nos. 050021 (1-4). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
  91. Smith, M. J., Karsh, B., Carayon, P., and Conway, F. T. (2003). Controlling Occupational Safety and Health Hazards. In Quick, J. C. and Tetrick, L. E. (eds). Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology (pp. 35-68). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
  92. Smith, M. J., Carayon, P., and Karsh, B. (2001). Design for Occupational Health and Safety. In G. Salvendy (Ed). Handbook of Industrial Engineering: Technology and Operations Management, 3rd Edition. (pp. 1156-1191). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
  93. Moro, F. B. P., Karsh, B., and Smith, M. J. (2001). Occupational injuries and medication use. In W. Karwowski (Ed). International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors (Volume 3). (pp. 1566-1568). London: Taylor and Francis.
  94. Smith, M. J., Karsh, B., and Moro, F. B. P. (1999). A review of research on interventions to control musculoskeletal disorders. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Report, Workshop Summary, and Workshop Papers (pp. 200-229). Washington DC: National Academy Press.
  95. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  96. Russ AL (Chair), Militello LG, Saleem JJ, Wears RL, Fairbanks RJ, Karsh B. (2011) "Human Factors Education for Healthcare Audiences: Ideas for the Way Forward", panel paper for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 55th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 808-812.
  97. What the Doctor Ordered?: The Role of Cognitive Decision Support Systems in Clinical Decision-Making & Patient Safety. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting
  98. Beasley, J. W., Karsh, B., Temte, J., Lapin, J. A., Wetterneck, T. Smith, P, Rodriquez, A. J. (2010). Information chaos in primary care: implications for patient safety. World Organization of Family Doctors. Cancun, Mexico, May 2010.
  99. Waterson, P. and Karsh, B. (2009). Crossing the macro-micro divide in systems ergonomics. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association Triennial Meeting.
  100. Alvarado, C. J., Carayon, P., Fairbanks, R. J., Perry, S. J., Sittig, D. F. and Karsh, B. (2009). Critical care technology: can’t live with it, can’t live without it. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53st Annual Meeting
  101. Smith, M. W. ,Russ, A., Wears, R. L., Patterson, E., Miller, A., Militello, L., Anders, S., Karsh, B. (2009). Medical informatics: what contributions can human factors make? Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53st Annual Meeting
  102. Karsh, B. Dierks, M., Nemeth, C., Wears, R., Wetterneck, T., Alvarado, C. (2009). Beyond the Hospital: Human Factors and Ergonomics Issues in the Ambulatory/Outpatient Care Setting. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53st Annual Meeting
  103. Temte, J. L., Grasmick, M., O’Halloran, P., Kietzer, L., Karsh, B., Potter, B., Beasley, J. Smith, P. and Doherty, B. (2009). Assessing Primary Care Workload using the NASA-TLX. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2009 Practice-Based Research Network Research Conference.
  104. Alvarado, C. J., Carayon, P., Karsh, B., Kaushal, R., Perry, S. J., Walker, J. M. (2008). Macroergonomic challenges in health information technology. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52st Annual Meeting.
  105. Lapin, J. and Karsh, B. (2008). Proactive risk assessment of primary care of the elderly. 2008 AHRQ Annual Conference: Promoting Quality…Partnering for Change, Bethesda, MD, September 7-10.
  106. Alper, S. J., Holden, R. J., Scanlon, M. C., Patel, N., Murkowski, K. Shalaby, T. M. and Karsh, B. (2008). Violation Prevalence After Introduction of a Bar Coded Medication Administration System Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety.
  107. Karsh, B. (2008). A multilevel open systems approach to patient safety Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety.
  108. Holden, R. J., Alper, S. J., Scanlon, M. C., Murkowski, K. Rivera, A. J. and Karsh, B. (2008). Challenges and Problem-Solving Strategies During Medication Management: A Study of a Pediatric Hospital Before and After Bar-Coding. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety.
  109. Holden, R. J., Scanlon, M. C., Alper, S. J., Shalaby, T. M., Hung, S-Y. and Karsh, B. (2008). Pediatric Pharmacy Workload: Good, Bad, and ... Complicated! Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety.
  110. Or, C. K. L., Karsh, B., Severtson, D. J., & Brennan, P. F. (2008). Patient Technology Acceptance Model (PTAM) - Exploring the determinants of consumer health information technology acceptance by homecare patients with chronic illness. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety.
  111. Scanlon, M. C., Weigle, C., Karsh, B., and Alper, S. J. (2008) Misperceptions of pediatric nursing actions as violations rather than compensation for bar coding technology. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety.
  112. Faye, H., Carayon, P., Karsh, B., Rivera, A. J. Murray, M. E., Scanlon, M., Baker, C. (2008) ICU nurse medication management: decision-making in a complex environment. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety..
  113. Holden, R. J., Alper, S. J., Rivera, A. J., Or, C. K. L., Karsh, B. (2008). Macroergonomic field research reframed: what can be (and has been) learned by field researchers from change management theory. Proceedings of Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-IX. 521-527
  114. Alper, S. J., Rivera, A. J., Holden, R. J., Scanlon, M., Murkowski, K. Karsh, B. (2008). Routine and situational violations during medication administration. Proceedings of Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-IX. 175-181.
  115. Rivera, A. J., Alper, S. J., Scanlon, M., Murkowski, K., Kaushal, R. Karsh, B. (2008). Healthcare interruptions in the medication administration process. Proceedings of Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-IX. 231-237.
  116. Karsh, B., Escoto, K. H., Alper, S. J., Holden, R. J., Scanlon, M., Murkowski, K. ,Patel, N., Shalaby, T., Arnold, J., Kaushal, R., Skibinski, K., Brown, R. (2007). Do beliefs about hospital technologies predict nurses’ perceptions of their ability to provide quality care? A study in two pediatric hospitals. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Part I, p77-83.
  117. Alper, S. J. Scanlon, M., Kaushal, R., Shalaby, T. M., Karsh, B. (2007). Using the technology acceptance model to predict violations in the medication administration process. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting, 745-749.
  118. Holden, R. J., Alper, S. J., Escoto, K. H., Kaushal, R., Murkowski, K., Patel, N., Scanlon, M., Karsh, B., (2007). Nursing workload and its effect on patient and employee safety. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting, 760-764
  119. Karsh, B. (2006). Meso-ergonomics: a new paradigm for macroergonomics research. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association 2006 Congress.
  120. Escoto, K. H. and Karsh, B. (2006). Providing quality patient care: contributions from the work environment. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association 2006 Congress.
  121. Or, K. L. and Karsh, B. (2006). The patient technology acceptance model (PTAM) for homecare patients with chronic illness. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, 989-993
  122. Escoto, K., Karsh, B. (2006). Exploring the determinants of the provision of quality nursing care. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, 959-963.
  123. Alper, S. J. Karsh, B., Holden, R. J., Scanlon, M., Patel, N., Kaushal, R. (2006). Protocol violations during medication administration in pediatrics. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, 1019-1023.
  124. Or, K. L., Casper, G. R., Karsh, B., Brennan, P. F., Burke, L. J., Carayon, P., Grenier, A-S., Krause, C., Murphy, J., and Sebern, M. (2005). Work system analysis of home nursing care and implications for medication errors. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, 1052-1056
  125. Casper, G. R., Karsh, B., Or, C. K. L., Carayon, P., Grenier, A. S., & Brennan, P. F. (2005). Designing a technology enhanced practice for home nursing care of patients with congestive heart failure. In C. Friedman, J. Ash, & P. Tarczy-Hornoch (Eds.), Biomedical and Health Informatics: From Foundations to Applications to Policy (pp.116-120). American Medical Informatics Association: 2005 Proceedings; Washington, DC, October 22-26, 2005.
  126. Sebern, M., Brennan, P. F., Burke, L., Casper, G. R., Karsh, B., Carayon, P., Or, C. K. L., & Grenier, A. S. (2005). HeartCare: custom computer support for home care. Translating Research into Practice Symposium at Gerontology Society of America, Annual conference, November 2005.
  127. Karsh, B. (2005). A conceptual framework for understanding the safety implications of bar code enabled point of care (BPOC) systems. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.
  128. Karsh, B. and Brown, R. (2005). The impact of organizational hierarchies on the design and analysis of medical error research. Proceedings of Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-VIII, 293-298.
  129. Alper, S. J., Hallock, M., and Karsh, B. (2005). A macroergonomic analysis of why outpatient diagnostic tests get and stay lost, with implications for patient safety. Proceedings of Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-VIII, 257-262.
  130. Karsh, B. and Scanlon, M. (2005). Using bar code technology for medication administration: special human factors considerations for pediatric populations. Proceedings of the International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety, 135-138.
  131. Hamilton-Escoto K. and Karsh, B. (2005).What might make perceived quality of care an important indicator of patient safety? Measuring the impacts of safety information technology. Proceedings of the International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety. 127-130.
  132. Holden, R. and Karsh, B. (2005). Applying a theoretical framework to the research and design of medical error reporting systems. Proceedings of the International Conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety, 131-134.
  133. Carayon, P., Alvarado, C., Brennan, P., Gurses, A., Hundt, A., Karsh, B., and Smith, M., (2003). Work system and patient safety. Proceedings of Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-VII 583-588.
  134. Karsh, B. (2003). Macroergonomics in health care: improving work design to improve employee and patient safety. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting. 1404-1405.
  135. Hamilton, K., Karsh, B., and Beasley, J. (2003). Medical error reporting system design: multiple user considerations and their implications. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting. 1549-1553.
  136. Wagner, J., Karsh, B., Sager, M. A., and Moberg, D. P. (2003). Relationships between job stressors, job satisfaction, and turnover intent in the assisted living sector of long term care. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting. 1511-1515.
  137. Hallock, M., Alper, S., and Karsh, B. (2003). Process improvement in an outpatient clinic: application of sociotechnical systems analysis. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting. 1406-1410.
  138. Hallock, M., Alper, S., and Karsh, B. (2003). A macroergonomic work system approach for process improvement in healthcare: The case of diagnostic testing. International Ergonomics Association Triennial Congress.
  139. Karsh, B., Booske, B., and Sainfort, F. (2002). Job and work environment predictors of turnover intention in long-term care facilities. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46th Annual Meeting, 1399-1403.
  140. Taveira, A., Hable, P., and Karsh, B. (2002). Investigation of the impact of workers’ perceptions on compliance with standard safety precautions in a rural hospital. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46th Annual Meeting, 1467-1471.
  141. Shapiro, R. G., Andre, A. D., Young, K. R., Bass, E. J., Karsh, B., Lin, J., and de Falla, C. (2002). Maximizing your opportunities in a competitive job market. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 46th Annual Meeting, 1759-1763.
  142. Karsh, B., Hamilton, K., and Beasley, J. (2002). On the development of a medical safety reporting system. Proceedings of the 6th International Scientific Conference on Work With Display Units. Accepted.
  143. Sainfort F, BC Booske, and B Karsh. Job and Organizational Determinants of Employee Perceptions of Nursing Home Quality. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Society for Health Systems Conference, Norcross, GA: Institute of Industrial Engineers, pp.143-152, 2001.
  144. Karsh, B., Beasley, J., Hagenauer, M. E., Sainfort, F. (2001). Do electronic medical records improve the quality of medical records? In M.J. Smith and G. Salvendy (Eds.). Systems, Social and Internationalization Design Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction. (pp. 908-912) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  145. Karsh, B., Moro, F. B. P., and Smith, M. J. (2001). The efficacy of workplace ergonomic interventions to control musculoskeletal disorders: a critical examination of the peer-reviewed literature. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 45th Annual Meeting, 2, 992-996.
  146. Taveira, A., Karsh, B., Chapman, L. J., Josefsson, K. G. (2001). Perceptions of safety and profitability as predictors of farmers’ intention to adopt an alternative feedback storage technology. In A. C. Bittner Jr., P. C. Champney, and S. J. Morrissey (Eds.). Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (pp. 248-255). Washington DC: IOS Press.
  147. Karsh, B., Moro, F. B. P., Smith, M. J., Booske, B. and Sainfort, F. (2000). A case-control study of medication use and acute occupational injury. Proceedings of the XIV Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 44th Annual Meeting, 4, 316-319.
  148. Chapman LJ, Josefsson KG, Meyer RH, Newenhouse AC, Karsh B, Miquelon M. (2000). Dairy and fresh market vegetable production work by Wisconsin children and adolescents. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, April 28-30, Cooperstown New York.
  149. Chapman LJ, Josefsson KG, Meyer RH, Newenhouse AC, Karsh B, Miquelon M. (2000). Intervention research to reduce injuries on dairy, berry, and fresh market vegetable farms. Agricultural Safety and Health in a New Century, April 28-30, Cooperstown New York.
  150. Karsh, B., Moro, F. B. P., Conway, F. T., and Smith, M. J. (1999). Effects of job design stressors on perceived strain in white-collar supervisor and non-supervisor VDT users. Work, Stress, and Health ’99: Organization of Work in a Global Economy, American Psychological Association and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, p84.
  151. Taveira, A. D., James, C. A., Karsh, B., and Sainfort, F. (1998). Impact of total quality management on work environment dimensions: an empirical study in the public sector. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting, 2, 1004-1008.
  152. Karsh, B. (1997). Psychosocial work factors and musculoskeletal disorders in office workers: an examination of the mediating role of stress. In G. Salvendy, M. J. Smith, and R. J. Koubek (Eds.), Design of Computing Systems: Cognitive Considerations (pp. 521-524). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  153. Karsh, B. (1997). An examination of employee participation during new technology implementation. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 41st Annual Meeting, 2, 767-771.
  154. Karsh, B., Conway, F. T, Smith, M. J., LeGrande, D. (1996). The effect of adjustability and proper workstation design characteristics on self-reports of pain and the diagnosis of cumulative trauma disorders (ctds). In O. Brown Jr. and H.W. Hendrick (Eds.), Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management-V, 309-314.
  155. Cohen, W. J., James, C.A., Taveira, A. D., Karsh, B., Scholz, J., and Smith, M. J. (1995). Analysis and design recommendations for workstations: a case study in an insurance company. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting, 412-416.

 

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