Healthcare

  • Who’s got time for a Never Event?

    In the UK, one in 20,000 healthcare procedure results in a Never Event, a serious incident that should be wholly…

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  • Healthcare white paper now out for consultation

    We have just circulated the consultation document for the CIEHF Human Factors (Ergonomics) in Health and Social Care White Paper.…

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  • New healthcare white paper

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  • Impact and challenges of our profession

    CIEHF President Claire Dickinson answers questions about the profession, its challenges and its future 1. How big a part will…

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  • Human factors in healthcare

    Humans as the source of safety Caring for people’s health is a complicated process, fraught with danger. The opportunities to…

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  • New standard for usability in medical devices

    In February, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) published IEC 62366-1:2015, Medical devices – Part 1: Application of usability engineering to…

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  • Healthcare Icon - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    Hunt’s plans for the NHS have a human factors flavour

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  • Designing out medical error - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    Designing out medical error

    Designing Out Medical Error, DOME, was a three year, EPSRC-funded, multidisciplinary project aimed at designing safer healthcare equipment, processes and…

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  • Healthcare Icon - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    Healthcare apps: uses and limitations

    Michael Craven and colleagues discuss the potential and the problems associated with using apps to support patients and carry out…

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  • Inhaler - Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors

    Actual v simulated use in human factors testing of medical devices

    Before medical devices can be used by the public they need to be tested, either with actual patients or through…

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