We present a novel view of transitions from the lens of patient ergonomics (the “science of patient work”), which posits that patients and other non-professionals perform effortful work towards health-related goals. In patient work transitions, patients experience changes in, for example, health, task demands, work capacity, roles and responsibilities, knowledge and skills, routines, needs and technologies. Medication transitions are a particularly vulnerable type of patient work transitions. We describe two cases of medication transitions—new medications and medication deprescribing—in which the patient work lens reveals many accompanying changes, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for human factors and ergonomics.

我们从患者人体工程学（“患者工作的科学”）的角度提出了一种新的转变观点，它假设患者和其他非专业人员为实现与健康相关的目标而努力工作。在患者工作转变中，患者会经历例如健康、任务要求、工作能力、角色和责任、知识和技能、常规、需求和技术等方面的变化。药物过渡是一种特别脆弱的患者工作过渡类型。我们描述了两个药物转换案例——新药物和药物处方——其中患者的工作镜头揭示了许多伴随的变化、脆弱性以及人为因素和人体工程学的机会。