Officers
| Melissa Baysari, PhD, Chair
University of Sydney |
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| Giulio Toccafondi, Cochair Patient Safety and Quality Manger Clinical Risk Manager for the Center for Patient Safety – Tuscany Region |
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| Marijke Melles, PhD., Cochair
Associate Professor Human-Centered Design for Quality of Care |
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| Sara Albolino, PhD, Cochair Coordinator of the system reliability area for the Center for Patient Safety – Tuscany Region Chair WHO Collaborating Centre in Communication and Human Factors for Delivery of Safety and Quality Care Secretary Foreign Relationship of the Italian Ergonomics SocietyEmail: Sara.albolino@gmail.com |
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| Armagan Albayrak, Cochair Assistant Professor, Human-Centred Design for Healthcare Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Email: a.albayrak@tudelft.nl |
Contact
Contact Melissa Baysari for more information or to join this Technical Committee.
Email: melissa.baysari@sydney.edu.au
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2224711
Objectives
• Actively contribute to the dialogue and interaction of ergonomics and human factors specialists with other disciplines working for and within the healthcare domain (medicine, engineering, psychology, architecture, sociology, management sciences)
• Collaborate with human factors specialists from other domains and integrate their knowledge and practice within healthcare ergonomics knowledge domain
• Contribute to IEA congresses, HEPS conferences and other relevant conferences with special sessions, symposia, papers and group meetings on healthcare ergonomics
• Coordinate the HEPS Conference Steering Committee and support the organizers of the event
• Collect, review and share “best practices” and “best experiences” for improving human factors and ergonomics in healthcare
• Support to the promotion of HEPS2016 Triennal Conference see the summary report from the Chairs Pierre Falzon and Vanina Mollo ; starting from 2017, promotion and organization of the call for bids and support to the Federated Society that organize the event. Please go to the Linkedin page
HEPS 2022 will be held in Delft, The Netherlands, 2-4 November 2022!
Topics of Interest
• Healthcare information technology
• Usability of equipment and devices
• Decision-making, leadership and management of patient safety
• Non technical skills: teamwork, communication, situational awareness
• Handover and medication reconciliation
• Patient safety in specific clinical settings (eg. ER, OR)
• Training and simulation
• Occupational ergonomics worker fatigue and patient safety
• Patient/citizen participation and education
• Patient Safety reporting and assessment
• Resilience and high reliability in healthcare systems
• Healthcare organization and management, and impact on work conditions and patient safety
• Patient-doctor communication and (shared) decision making
• Sociotechnical system approach
• Human factors engineering & design for healthcare
Structure and News
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Main activities in triennal plan 2015-2018
Participation in the realization of ILO Checkpoints about Ergonomics and Human Care
Participation in the realization of workshops, special sessions and symposia in preparation of IEA2018
Definition of shared best practices for ergonomics in healthcare
Definition of communication tools for diffusing solutions and best practices
Establishing collaborations with other organizations and IEA networks as FEES ULAERGO ERGOAFRICA and BRICS+ for joint projects on Patient Safety
Participation to a series of events (see the 2016-2017 Annual Report)
Journals/Books:
• HEPS2016 Congress Proceedings (download pdf below)
• A special edition of Ergonomics on patient safety in 2013, as a result of the best projects presented in HEPS
• A special issue in Ergonomics Journal about Healthcare Ergonomics issued in 2017
Collaboration with other IEA Technical Committees
A collaborative group has been convened with TC13 (Musculoskeletal disorders).
A close link has been established with some TCs: ODAM, Musculoskeletal disorders, resulting in shared symposia at IEA2018.
A close link has been established with Human Computer Interaction – Italian Chapter
Close collaboration with ISQUA, WHO CC in Communication and Human Factors for Delivery of Safety and Quality Care
Memorandum Of Understanding with ISQUA for patient safety projects to develop in 2017-2020
Memorandum Of Understanding with ICOH Occupational Health Committee
A special issue in Ergonomics Journal about Healthcare Ergonomics issued in 2017