Dr. Yuval Bitan

Dr. Yuval Bitan Profile

Senior lecturer
PhD 2003

Department : Health Systems Management
Room : 313
בנין בית הספר לניהול - 15
Phone : 972-8-6477475
Email : ybitan@bgu.ac.il
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Research Topics

  • Human factors in healthcare
  • Decision making
  • Patient safety
  • Simulation in healthcare

Major expertise and techniques in the lab

  • Simulation
  • Log-files data analysis

Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants

  • Bitan, Y., Meyer, J., Shinar, D. and Zmora, E. (2004). Nurses’ reactions to alarms in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Cognition, Technology & Work, 6, 239-246.
  • Porat, N., Bitan, Y., Shefi, D., Donchin, Y. and Rozenbaum, H. (2009). Use of colour-coded labels (CCLs) for intravenous high risk medications and lines to improve patient safety. Quality and Safety in Health Care, 18, 505-509.

Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics

  • Clinicians collaboration with machine learning based medical devices
  • Using simulation to design patient care facilities