Joseph Antony Cafazzo is a Canadian biomedical engineer, educator, and researcher.
He is known for his work on the design of health technologies and how they facilitate patient self-care of complex chronic conditions. He has advised and conducted research for public sector policy makers and private sector medical technology companies on the design and safety of healthcare technology.
He has led the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation since 2007 and founded Healthcare Human Factors in 2004 at the Toronto General Hospital, part of University Health Network. He is a Professor (status) at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.
He delivered Patient, Heal Thyself, a TEDxToronto talk in 2012 on empowering patients through improved design.[1]
- ^ "Patient, Heal Thyself: Dr Joseph Cafazzo at TEDxToronto", TEDx, Toronto, 1 May 2013. Retrieved on 13 March 2015.