2023-04-12 10:30:00 2023-04-12 11:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis IE RESEARCH SEMINAR Improving Health Information Technologies for Clinicians and patients: Applying Human Factors Engineering Across Healthcare Systems Dr. April Savoy Assistant Professor, Engineering and Technology. Grissom Hall, Room 302
IE RESEARCH SEMINAR
Improving Health Information Technologies for Clinicians and patients: Applying Human Factors Engineering Across Healthcare Systems
Event Date: | April 12, 2023 |
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Speaker: | Dr. April Savoy
Assistant Professor, Engineering and Technology |
Speaker Affiliation: | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis |
Time: | 10:30 AM |
Location: | Grissom Hall, Room 302 |
Priority: | No |
School or Program: | Industrial Engineering |
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Assistant Professor, Engineering and Technology.
ABSTRACT
BIO
Dr. April Savoy is an assistant professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology. She is a faculty investigator at the Regenstrief Institute and the Center for Health Information and Communication at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indiana, where she also directs the Human Computer Interaction and Simulation Lab. Dr. April Savoy’s research interests include the application of human factors engineering to developing, evaluating, and implementing socio-technical interventions that will increase efficiency of clinical workflows, enhance care coordination, and improve the quality of healthcare delivery. With her experience in e-commerce, gaming, and military information systems, she designs information technologies that enhance situational awareness and decision-making for both clinicians and patients. Recently, Dr. Savoy was awarded a Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health to develop new patient-facing health information technologies, implementing the human-centered design process. She received her PhD in industrial engineering from Purdue University, master's degree in computer science from Purdue University, and bachelor's degree in computer science from Xavier University of Louisiana.