Effects of human factors on health provision

This will enhance the knowledge and skills of the workers about the relationship between human factors and work performance and how they are likely to influence safety health provision. Additionally, it will enable the workers to express themselves more to the relevant authorities to avoid negative effects the might occur as a result of not speaking. Humans factors such as communication, organizational, situational awareness, stress, data management and records, teamwork, working environment, and fatigue are linked performance. They are associated with a quality performance which influences safety health provision. Communication Communication is crucial in the workplace environment for the delivery of quality work while ensuring safety to the parties involved. This, in turn, helps in increasing the quality of work performance and avoid errors which arise from miscommunications.

As a result of better communication, it is easier to accomplish a task such as patient handover, explain patient data and report incidences. When the information passed is well utilized it leads to provision of better safety in health provision. Organization factors Organizational and group factors influence employee’s behavior and attitudes, thus can affecting the quality of healthcare provision. This includes safety culture, managerial leadership, and working policies. Thus, leading to patient safety. Situational awareness Situational awareness is the ability to pay attention to the surroundings in anticipation of what might happen while working. This helps in discovering dangerous situations which help in saving lives. It also increases one awareness of errors that might take place leading to accidents. Situational awareness involves three stages perception which is noticing the surrounding, comprehension involving combining information from different sources, and finally, a projection which includes processing the information and predicting what might happen.

The level of stress differs depending on the capacity of the workload versus the resources and skills available at disposal. When the perceived demands are not met due to limited resources, it results in negative feelings which include anxiousness, lack of focus and even irritability. Lack of cooperation from colleagues may lead to stress too. Clarke and Cooper (2004) state that working in stressful conditions increases the chances of both illness and accidents at the workplace. They also argued that as a result of stressful conditions own tend to depersonalization which leads to withdrawal. Health practitioners actively make decisions all the time about the welfare of their patients concerning the treatment or diagnosing. It is an important skill that healthcare professionals should possess.

The increasing use of simulators is being deployed to train persons on decision-making strategies under immense and intense pressure. Teamwork A team refers to a collection of individual people forming a group whose main aim is to achieve maximum productivity by combining their skills. For effective teamwork, proper communication, team members personal development and deployment must be emphasized. The team working when well constituted and implement it improves on the quality of work performances. This, in turn, translates to better health care provision which contributes to patient safety. Work Environment and hazards Health care facilities are designed in such a way that risk and hazards are effectively managed. Organizations get involved in the constant and regular analysis of hazards in their processes and systems from past events.

Delivery of healthcare consist of complex interactions between practitioners and equipment, and patients and equipment. For example, people with sleep disorders and gastrointestinal indicated that they had trouble adapting to night shifts resulting in fatigue hence poor productivity. Therefore, schedules should be designed in such a way that it benefits all practitioners to avoid cases of fatigue. Leadership Leaders are key components in an organization since they are involved in designing and improving the working conditions thus influencing the behavior and actions of subordinates. They are involved in planning, leading and controlling work organization and activities. Also, leaders impact on general work demands and social support which is known to form the core of employee health. He observed that while in the operating theatre, the team members would speak out depending on the leader’s attitude.

Therefore, the positive attitude from the leader affects the work performance of the colleagues positively. This leads to quality performance which leads to better health provision which leads to achieving patient safety Quality work performance is associated with safety health provision which is affected by human factors such as communication, organizational factors, situational awareness, stress, data management, and records. Teamwork, work environment, and fatigue play an important role in achieving standard health care while promoting work motivation for staff. Policymakers should design systems which enable effective delivery of services and also ensure the safety and health of all parties involved. 00386 Flin, R. , & O'connor, P. Safety at the sharp end: a guide to non-technical skills. London: CRS press. Halligan, M. , Parker, D.