mission & objectives
The Research Center for Human Systems Integration in Healthcare is guided by a mission to improve patient safety by expanding understanding of human system interaction in healthcare.
In order to accomplish this mission, the Center aims to:
Shed new light on the interaction between the professional operators and the healthcare system.
Develop, foster, and expand comprehensive research that increases our understanding of the healthcare environment and the role of clinicians in this setting. Research will contribute to improvements to the overall system.
Educate a new generation of practitioners.
The Center aims to support and encourage young researchers from various disciplines to add their voice and perspective to the HSI process in healthcare. The Center will also promote teaching and training in associated areas, particularly via masters, doctoral, and post-doctoral fellowships. These efforts will help to shape the field by inspiring and educating the next generation of practitioners, researchers, and educators, committed to implementing HIS as a means of improving healthcare systems.
Foster collaboration.
The Center will promote collaboration across the disciplines at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, as well as between researchers and our colleagues at the Soroka University Medical Center (SUMC). The medical center is a unique resource, and the Center will collaborate with Soroka clinicians in order to pursue joint research, identify needs and future areas of study, and improve local healthcare.
Initiate national and international conferences, workshops and seminars.
Such activities will foster collaborative ventures between the Center’s researchers and outside partners, including SUMC, other research centers, leading scholars, and institutions in Israel and abroad; and promote the sharing of knowledge, advice, and experience for the benefit of all.
Contribute to public policy, public awareness, and education.
The Center will serve as a catalyst for change by disseminating scientific knowledge and conducting research with policy applications and the potential to serve the public interest by promoting positive change in healthcare systems.
Offer services to industry.
The Center will provide services such as formative and summative testing to companies that develop medical devices. These services will help Israeli medical device companies develop and design products suitable for global markets. Such academic-industry partnerships will foster additional collaboration and help the Center identify new services to offer.
There are significant challenges associated with complex healthcare systems, particularly the interaction between the professional operators and such systems, and the objectives mentioned above will help address these issues and contribute to a reduction of adverse events and improved care.
In order to accomplish this mission, the Center aims to:
Shed new light on the interaction between the professional operators and the healthcare system.
Develop, foster, and expand comprehensive research that increases our understanding of the healthcare environment and the role of clinicians in this setting. Research will contribute to improvements to the overall system.
Educate a new generation of practitioners.
The Center aims to support and encourage young researchers from various disciplines to add their voice and perspective to the HSI process in healthcare. The Center will also promote teaching and training in associated areas, particularly via masters, doctoral, and post-doctoral fellowships. These efforts will help to shape the field by inspiring and educating the next generation of practitioners, researchers, and educators, committed to implementing HIS as a means of improving healthcare systems.
Foster collaboration.
The Center will promote collaboration across the disciplines at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, as well as between researchers and our colleagues at the Soroka University Medical Center (SUMC). The medical center is a unique resource, and the Center will collaborate with Soroka clinicians in order to pursue joint research, identify needs and future areas of study, and improve local healthcare.
Initiate national and international conferences, workshops and seminars.
Such activities will foster collaborative ventures between the Center’s researchers and outside partners, including SUMC, other research centers, leading scholars, and institutions in Israel and abroad; and promote the sharing of knowledge, advice, and experience for the benefit of all.
Contribute to public policy, public awareness, and education.
The Center will serve as a catalyst for change by disseminating scientific knowledge and conducting research with policy applications and the potential to serve the public interest by promoting positive change in healthcare systems.
Offer services to industry.
The Center will provide services such as formative and summative testing to companies that develop medical devices. These services will help Israeli medical device companies develop and design products suitable for global markets. Such academic-industry partnerships will foster additional collaboration and help the Center identify new services to offer.
There are significant challenges associated with complex healthcare systems, particularly the interaction between the professional operators and such systems, and the objectives mentioned above will help address these issues and contribute to a reduction of adverse events and improved care.
