SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

 

In order to download the Scientific Programme please click on "HEPS 2008 - Final Scientific Programme"


Keynote Speaker presentations
 
Keynote Speakers for HEPS 2008:

 

• René Amalberti
"How to Control the Global Consistency of Multiple Local Patient Safety Strategies"

• David Westfall Bates
"Patient Safety and Information Technology: the Role of Human Factors"

• Richard Cook
"What are we missing?  Results of MEDCAS, the National Healthcare Safety Board Demonstration Project
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• Veronique De Keyser
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• Erik Hollnagel
"Resilience, Risk, and Intractable Systems: How to Make Order Out of Chaos"

• Susan Sheridan
"Passion, Courage and the Wisdom of the Patient
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• Charles Vincent
"Reliability and Resilience in Surgery"


Special Sessions/Meetings

 

Carla Alvarado and Shawna Perry, "Health IT in Critical Care and Emergency Settings"
Vinnie Andersen , "Why Apologize When a Patient Has Been Harmed?"
Brian Bjorn, "Medication Errors and Safety by Design"
Vagn Handlos, Ann Jacklin and Alicia Tavella, "The EU-funded SafeChemo Project: An Innovative Approach to Increase Safety in Oncology Compounding"
Richard Goossens, "Safety by Product Design"
Giacinto Nanni, "New Technologies and Ergonomics in Operating Theatre"
Pascale Carayon, "What human factors research for patient safety?"
Pascale Carayon, "Systems approaches to patient safety"
Robert Wears, "Preoccupation with failure"


Poster Presentation

 

In order to view list of posters to be presented at HEPS 2008 please click on "Preview of Accepted Poster Presentations".

Presentations have been listed in alphabetical order of author submitting the abstract.


Abstracts

  More than 300 abstracts have been received from all over the world: RA, ARM, B, CDN, CO, DK, FIN, F, GE, D, IND, IR, IRL, I, J, NEA, NL, N, OM, PL, P, SLO, CL, CH, RC, TR, UK, USA

  Abstracts often refer to more than one topic.  Main topics indicated by abstract authors are:

 
Abstract Topics
No. of abstracts
per topic
DESIGN
 
EMERGENCY DESIGN
2
EVIDENCE BASED DESIGN
12
HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION
15
SAFETY BY DESIGN
29
GOOD PRACTICES AND ERGONOMICS SOLUTIONS
 
ERRORS IN RADIOLOGY AND LABORATORY
8
INFECTION CONTROL
5
MEDICATION ERRORS
16
METHODS FOR BENCHMARKING OF THE BEST PRACTICES
19
PATIENT FALLS
1
RISKS IN OR, ICU AND ER
17
HUMAN TECHNOLOGY INTERACTION
 
DESIGN FOR USABILITY FOR SURGICAL AND MEDICAL DEVICES
10
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION AND USABILITY
24
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING REPORTING SYSTEMS
14
MAINTENANCE OF BIOMEDICAL DEVICES AND PATIENT SAFETY
5
NEW SERVICES AND TOOLS FOR PATIENT SAFETY
15
OCCUPATIONAL ERGONOMICS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SAFETY IN HOSPITAL
 
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPROACHES
3
OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS
14
OCCUPATIONAL STRESS
7
PATIENT HANDLING ERGONOMICS AND MUSCLESKELETAL DISORDERS
23
ORGANIZATION
 
CLINICAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND MEDICAL PERFORMANCES
18
ERROR ANALYSIS METHODS
13
HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND ERGONOMICS
20
HOMECARE AND SAFETY
1
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE-CLIMATE AND PATIENT SAFETY
34
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
31
RESILIENCE ENGINEERING FOR PATIENT SAFETY
11
SIMULATION FOR TRAINING
9
SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND PATIENT SAFETY
22
PEOPLE
 
COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND CLINICAL DECISION MAKING
13
COMMUNICATING THE HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE
10
DESIGNING COMPETENCES FOR PATIENT SAFETY
12
DESIGNING PATIENTS' PARTICIPATION
3
ELDER PEOPLE AND SAFETY
3
HEALTHCARE ERGONOMICS LITIGATIONS
1
HUMAN ERROR IN CLINICAL PATHWAYS
9
INSIDE STORIES: THE PATIENT'S EXPERIENCE
2
PROFESSIONAL DISEASE
2


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