Presenter

Hanna J. Barton, PhD (they/them) is a human factors and health systems engineer with expertise in field research methods, health information technology (HIT) evaluation, and human-centered design. Dr. Barton has a passion for applying macroergonomics and systems engineering to design learning health systems that reliably deliver safe, equitable, and humane care for all. A significant contribution of their work thus far has been identifying and describing the home care environments and care work of caregivers, including the strategies caregivers develop to provide effective, safe care in their home. As a researcher in the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, their work leverages emerging technologies to design safer and more personalized care journeys for older adults and their care partners. They hold a BS in Biomedical Engineering and a MS and PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Human Factors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Barton will talk about their work developing “home personas” to represent the homes of families caring for children with medical complexity (CMC), children characterized by their multiple chronic conditions, reliance on medical devices, and significant care needs, often met by family caregivers in the home. “Home personas” are an innovative macroergonomic approach to the challenge of distilling rich contextual inquiry home-visits with 30 families caring for CMC into actionable design insights. The resultant home personas can serve as practical tools to communicate important aspects of the home context to designers tasked with designing technologies and interventions to fit it.