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Patient Safety Resources – a new patient safety resource from the Health Foundation #ptsafety
The Health Foundation has a new resource for people interested in patient safety, details below, via CHAIN*. The Health Foundation has launched a new online patient safety resource centre that provides fast, reliable access to accurate, up-to-date patient safety information … Continue reading
MHRA’s monthly list of Medical Device Alerts (MDAs) &sign up to receive MDAs by email from MHRA & FDA
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) publishes monthly Medical Device Alerts (MDAs) which includes a sign-up button on the page to receive alerts by email. The agency’s latest PDF document (published 2 May 2013) has all the … Continue reading
A nice post on human factors and how they apply to healthcare, from @aami_connect
From the AAMI’s blog: “We are extraordinarily grateful that awareness of human factors (HF) has been growing in the healthcare community. For example, the FDA’s inclusion of HF requirements in its 510(k) licensing processing was a landmark event recognizing that … Continue reading
Free educational materials from the Interaction Design Foundation @interacting
Interaction Design Foundation “Free educational materials – made by the world’s technology elite” The website contains free online educational resources organised into several sections including: Free textbooks – on how to design interactive systems, such as Human Computer Interaction (HCI) … Continue reading
Posted in non CHI+MED, organisations, Resources
Tagged Interaction Design Foundation
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London: Free Helen Hamlyn @HHCDesign & Norwegian Design Council #inclusivedesign exhibition @ RCA, closing 26 April
“Design that makes a difference: people-centred projects from Norway and the UK ” is a free exhibition at the Royal College of Art, London. Exhibition: 19-26 April 2013 (free entry) 10am – 5.30pm daily (closes 1pm 26 April) Henry Moore … Continue reading
‘National Advisory Group’ to advise the NHS on preventing patient harm
“Making patient care as safe as it can possibly be, at all times, is a major challenge in any health care system. It involves leadership, training, staff culture, organisational structures, systems and processes, data capture and analysis, regulation, deep patient … Continue reading
Posted in health / medical, non CHI+MED, organisations, patient safety
Tagged Donald Berwick, National Advisory Group
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Reblogged from AAMI blog: Making infusion pumps more user centric, from @aami_connect
Highlighting the September 2012 workshop report: “Infusion Pump Workshop 2012: A Systems Engineering Approach for Human Factors Solutions“. “If the January issue of AAMI News didn’t whet your appetite to learn more about an important infusion pump project at Johns … Continue reading
NAMDET: The National Association of Medical Devices Educators and Trainers
There are two things here that might be of interest. The first is the announcement about NAMDET (The National Association of Medical Devices Educators and Trainers) and their website, the second is the existence of the CHAIN mailing list, which is… Continue reading
Clinical Human Factors Group survey on standardising clinical practice – your input needed
The Clinical Human Factors Group is running a survey to find out the key areas of clinical practice that, if standardised, could make improvements to patient safety. Click on the survey link (opens in new window) to add your thoughts. “As many CHF… Continue reading
London seminar – Clinical Human Factors Group’s "Embedding Clinical Human Factors" – 19 April 2011
On Tuesday 19 April 2011 the Clinical Human Factors Group (CFHG) will be hosting an open seminar at Imperial College from 10am (coffee, registration and networking from 9am) until 4pm (followed by another networking session until 5pm). Professor H… Continue reading
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