Founded in 2010, the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare (the Center) is an applied research, usability, safety advisement, and education center committed to the scientific study of how humans think, work, and interact within the healthcare environment.
Located in Washington, D.C. as part of the MedStar Institute for Innovation, and in collaboration with the MedStar Health Research Institute and the MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety, the Center is the largest human factors program embedded within a healthcare system.
