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  1. Mobile-AED Deployment by Community First Responders: Delivering Early Defibrillation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

    Article • Resuscitation, August 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  2. Comparing Auditory and Vibrotactile Alarms to Inform Clinicians of Patients' Vital Signs under Varied Workload Conditions

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior Reports, May 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  3. Investigation of Redundant Visual Patterns to Improve Usability of Labels

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, March 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  4. Information shapes decisions: The access and use of decision support

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior Reports, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  5. Beyond awareness: building human factors capability in healthcare through shared resources

    Article • The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  6. Verbal and visual information exchange in EMS-to-ED patient handovers: An observational and attitudinal study

    Article • International Emergency Nursing, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  7. Between Compliance and Complexity: Dispatchers’ Use of an Automatic Emergency Vehicle Assignment System

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, January 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  8. A Framework for Mass Casualties Incident Commander Simulation

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, May 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  9. A Unique Simulation Methodology for Practicing Clinical Decision Making

    Article • Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, January 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  10. The Impact of Information Relevancy and Interactivity on Intensivists’ Trust in a Machine Learning–Based Bacteremia Prediction System: Simulation Study

    Article • JMIR Human Factors, August 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  11. Translation and Comprehensive Validation of the Hebrew Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS 2.0)

    Article • Journal of Patient Safety, July 2024, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  12. The Sukkah Drill: A Novel Approach to Incident Command Training

    Article • Clinical Simulation in Nursing, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  13. The vial can help: Standardizing vial design to reduce the risk of medication errors

    Article • International Anesthesiology Clinics, January 2024, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  14. Incident commander decision making: Quantitative evaluation of instantaneous and considered decisions

    Article • Applied Ergonomics, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  15. Health Information Technology Supporting Adherence Memory Disorder Patients: A Systematic Literature Review

    Article • Applied Clinical Informatics, January 2024, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  16. Investigative approaches: Lessons learned from the RaDonda Vaught case

    Article • Human Factors in Healthcare, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  17. Look Before You Leap: Insights On The Implementation Of Ai Across Healthcare Settings

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  18. Mass Casualty Incident Commander Decision-Making Models: Novice vs. Expert Decision Making

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  19. Location of Emergency Treatment Sites after Earthquake using Hybrid Simulation

    Article • Tehnički glasnik, July 2023, University North

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  20. Multisensory alarm to benefit alarm identification and decrease workload: a feasibility study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  21. Shape Matters: A Neglected Feature of Medication Safety

    Article • Journal of Medical Systems, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  22. The effect of emergency department nurse experience on triage decision making

    Article • Human Factors in Healthcare, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  23. Effect of the User Input Method on Response Time and Accuracy in a Binary Data Labeling Task

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  24. Israeli dispatchers’ response time to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest emergency calls

    Article • Resuscitation, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  25. Mass Casualty Incident Commander Decision-Making Models

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  26. Real-time video communication between ambulance paramedic and scene – a simulation-based study

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  27. Improving Healthcare Practice Through the Implementation of Human Factors and Ergonomics Principles

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, August 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  28. Comparison between Personal Protective Equipment Wearing Protocols to Shorten Time to Treatment in Pre-Hospital Settings

    Article • Applied Sciences, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  29. Unmasking expert decisions: Clinicians decision making during a pandemic outbreak

    Article • International Journal of Healthcare Management, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  30. An impact-driven approach to predict user stories instability

    Article • Requirements Engineering, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  31. The impact of data quality defects on clinical decision-making in the intensive care unit

    Article • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  32. Do Users Know When to Buy Decision Support and How to Use it?

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  33. Dynamic Communication Quantification Model for Measuring Information Management During Mass-Casualty Incident Simulations

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, July 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  34. Vaccination of the Elderly in Assisted Living by the Israeli Emergency Medical Services

    Article • American Journal of Public Health, July 2021, American Public Health Association

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  35. FULE—Functionality, Usability, Look-and-Feel and Evaluation Novel User-Centered Product Design Methodology—Illustrated in the Case of an Autonomous Medical Device

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Yuval Bitan, Ela Liberman-Pincu

  36. Designing a First Responders Call Center for a Pandemic

    Article • Ergonomics in Design The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications, August 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  37. Using a filming protocol to improve video-instructed cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    Article • Technology and Health Care, March 2020, IOS Press

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  38. Paramedic equipment bags: How their position during out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) affect paramedic ergonomics and performance

    Article • Applied Ergonomics, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  39. Design for emergencies

    Article • January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  40. Designing a First Responders’ Emergency Response Kit for Motor-Vehicle Collisions

    Article • Ergonomics in Design The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications, November 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  41. Evaluation of tactile cues for simulated patients’ status under high and low workload

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, November 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan, Prof. Tal Oron-Gilad

  42. Ergonomic design of new paramedic response bags

    Article • Applied Ergonomics, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  43. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest protocol comparison

    Article • Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, September 2019, Paramedics Australasia

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  44. Machine learning applied to multi-sensor information to reduce false alarm rate in the ICU

    Article • Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  45. Making Sense of the Cognitive Task of Medication Reconciliation Using a Card Sorting Task

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, March 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan, Prof. Yisrael Parmet

  46. Unintended Patient Safety Risks Due to Wireless Smart Infusion Pump Library Update Delays

    Article • Journal of Patient Safety, March 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  47. Tracking the Progress of Wireless Infusion Pump Drug Library Updates– A Data-Driven Analysis of Pump Update Delays

    Article • Journal of Medical Systems, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  48. The Relation Between the Paramedic’s Bags Location During Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation on Their Effort and Performance

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  49. Prevalence of wireless smart-pump drug library update delays

    Article • American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  50. Triage Nurses Decision-Support Application Design

    Article • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, June 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  51. Evaluating safety culture changes over time with the Emergency Medical Services Safety Attitudes Questionnaire

    Article • Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, March 2018, Paramedics Australasia

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  52. The Cognitive Task of Medication Reconciliation - Clinicians’ Approaches to the Arrangement of Medical Condition and Medication History Information

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan, Prof. Yisrael Parmet

  53. Examining the Effectiveness of Using Designed Stickers for Labeling Drugs and Medical Tubing

    Article • September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  54. reducing false alarms in ICU

    Article • F1000Research, November 2012, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  55. Correlating data from different sensors to increase the positive predictive value of alarms: an empiric assessment

    Article • F1000Research, November 2012, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  56. Correlating Data From Different Sensors to Increase the Positive Predictive Value of Alarms: An Empiric Assessment

    Article • May 2012, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  57. How do clinicians reconcile conditions and medications? The cognitive context of medication reconciliation

    Article • Cognition Technology & Work, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yuval Bitan, Prof. Yisrael Parmet

  58. Making sense of diseases in medication reconciliation

    Article • Cognition Technology & Work, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yuval Bitan, Prof. Yisrael Parmet

  59. Does Telemedicine Have a Role in the Intensive Care Unit? What Is It? Does It Make a Difference?

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  60. Use of colour-coded labels for intravenous high-risk medications and lines to improve patient safety

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, December 2009, BMJ

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  61. Between Choice and Chance

    Article • Journal of Patient Safety, June 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  62. Can a Log of Infusion Device Events Be Used to Understand Infusion Accidents?

    Article • Journal of Patient Safety, December 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  63. Self-initiated and respondent actions in a simulated control task

    Article • Ergonomics, May 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  64. Time to Get Off this Pig's Back?

    Article • Journal of Patient Safety, September 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  65. Nurses? reactions to alarms in a neonatal intensive care unit

    Article • Cognition Technology & Work, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  66. Why Better Operators Receive Worse Warnings

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, September 2002, SAGE Publications

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  67. Duration estimates and users' preferences in human-computer interaction

    Article • Ergonomics, January 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  68. The affect of time presentation on human computer interaction (HCI) and user experience (UX)

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, July 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  69. The importance of reliable warning indicators to predict scheduling and responding

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Yuval Bitan

  70. Learning from investigation: Experience with understanding healthcare adverse events

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Yuval Bitan