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Making medical devices safer – insights from the CHI+MED project (funded by @EPSRC)
CHI+MED (Computer-Human Interaction for Medical Devices, grant number EP/G059063/1) was a six-year, £5.8m EPSRC-funded multi-site project to look at ways of improving the safety of interactive (programmable) medical devices, such as infusion pumps. We did this by considering medical devices … Continue reading
Button batteries can kill if swallowed
Button batteries can kill if swallowed. Treat as a medical emergency and go to A&E / ER. Here are some suggestions for reducing harm from button batteries. Continue reading
CHI+MED’s at the @QMEECS Research Showcase on Wednesday 22 April 2015 @QMUL
CHI+MED (Computer Human Interaction for Medical Devices) is a multi-site research project taking place at UCL, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Swansea University and City University. We’re looking at ways of making medical devices safer. Researchers at the QMUL … Continue reading
.@oopsohno – winner of #ShareMyThesis w her work on number entry and medical devices
Heartiest congratulations to CHI+MED’s Sarah Wiseman (@oopsohno) who has won first place in #ShareMyThesis – a competition organised by the British Library in partnership with Research Councils UK and Vitae. #ShareMyThesis encouraged PhD students to explain the importance of their … Continue reading
AMIA webinar w Dr Dom Furniss from @UCLIC on medical device design & distributed cognition
Edited 10 March 2015 UK time updated to reflect Daylight Savings Time Dom Furniss, from the UCL Interaction Centre who works on both the CHI+MED and Eclipse projects, will be giving a webinar on 12 March 2015 at 1pm-2.30pm EST … Continue reading
Posted in CHI+MED, CHI+MED people, CHI+MED research, courses and webinars, Events, health / medical, Human Factors, interaction design, medical devices
Tagged distributed cognition, Dom Furniss, informatics, medical device design, medical devices, sociotechnical model, UCLIC - UCL Interaction Centre, webinar
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Free workshop for Computing teachers in London with a CHI+MED flavour (from Paul Curzon of @cs4fn/ @TeachingLDNComp)
As part of the Teaching London Computing project (which supports those who are delivering the new Computing curriculum in schools) CHI+MED’s Prof Paul Curzon (see biography at end) will be giving a FREE workshop on “Computational thinking: it’s about people … Continue reading
Prof Peter McOwan from CHI+MED is at @BrightonScience tomorrow w a show on magic & medicine #BrightSparks
CHI+MED’s Peter McOwan will be doing a one-off show at the Brighton Science Festival on Saturday 14 February (tomorrow). Mind Mistakes, Magic and Medical Machines 2pm, Sat 14 Feb 2015 Human brains are good at lots of things but bad … Continue reading
Posted in CHI+MED, CHI+MED people, CHI+MED public engagement, CHI+MED research, EPSRC, Events, events - public, Human Factors, interaction design, medical devices, science communication
Tagged Bright Sparks, Brighton, Brighton Science Festival, cognition, error, human computer interaction, magic shows, medicine, Peter McOwan
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[Edinburgh] Royal College of Physicians, Edin: The challenge of computerisation in hospitals “first do less harm”
CHI+MED’s Prof Harold Thimbleby from Swansea University is participating in this event which is taking place, in Edinburgh, at the RCPE on 16 February 2015, and is free and open to all. Venue details Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh … Continue reading
Where’s the @ key? An unintuitive interface on a photocopier / scanner
This is the display shown when a user (most recently me) is trying to register an email address so that documents can be scanned and sent by email as an attachment, without having to type in the address each time. … Continue reading
Posted in interaction design, non CHI+MED
Tagged buttons, interfaces, photocopiers, scanners, user experience
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[London, 18 Nov, FREE] The App-othecary: is the future of medicine calling? #AMSapp via @oopsohno
This is a free public event organised by the Academy of Medical Sciences and taking place at Somerset House, Aldwych, Strand tomorrow evening from 7.30 until 9pm, as part of the ‘Makerversity‘ series of events. You can also follow the … Continue reading
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