The third in a series of information sheets on Human Factors in Healthcare has just been published, as part of our continuing awareness campaign. Download your copy here: HFHuman Factors in Healthcare III. Read more details about the campaign.

A new conference organised by AKTIVE, Advancing Knowledge of Telecare for Independence and Vitality in later lifE, has been announced. See www.ergonomics.org.uk/event/telecare-and-independence-ageing/

IEHF Member Dr Jennifer Martin who is a senior research fellow in human factors at the University of Nottingham is speaking at the Med Tech Innovation Expo in Coventry on Wednesday about ‘Overcoming technology abandonment through user friendly design’. Jennifer will focus on how the last two decades have seen an increased appreciation of the [...]

On Thursday 21st March at 21.00, the BBC will be broadcasting an Horizon programme on human factors in healthcare, called ‘How to avoid mistakes in surgery’. It looks at how learning about the human in the system and the system itself can bring about enormous improvements in safety and outcomes that technology and medical science [...]

The Human Interface Technologies Team at the University of Birmingham explains its ground-breaking collaborative work in healthcare and rehabilitation using cutting edge technologies. Find out more about the team (see under Organisations) and its work (see under Projects).

The Clinical Human Factors Group (CHFG) is a charity working in the NHS to improve awareness and the application of human factors and ergonomics in healthcare. CHFG is creating a short resource for NHS Boards (i.e. chief executives, non-executive directors, chairmen, nursing directors, medical directors, finance and workforce directors), which aims to increase their awareness [...]

We have two leaflets of human factors in healthcare case studies available for you to download. Find out more.

This one day workshop on 27th April will enable you to discuss the challenges of carrying out HCIHuman Computer Interaction fieldwork in healthcare. Find out more about this workshop.