Prioritising patient safety
This week marks World Patient Safety Day, an annual campaign by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness and reduce the risk of harm in the healthcare sector. This year’s global day (17 September) is focused on ‘Patient safety from the start!’, emphasising the need to act early and consistently to prevent harm throughout childhood and throughout life.
Discover some of the CIEHF’s health-related publications and media, designed to improve wellbeing and safety of both professionals and patients.
Supporting care and careers
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health and Social Care: An Applied Approach was published earlier this year and written by experts with decades of combined experience.
The practical guide supports human factors and ergonomics professionals working in health and social care to improve patient safety and staff wellbeing.
The opening three chapters were initially launched as an ebook on the CIEHF’s website and the publication was developed with the feedback from early readers in mind.
Clinicians’ guide to AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly deployed and adopted in clinical practice, it is imperative that its development and use are human-centred.
Discover more about this subject in the CIEHF webinar Integrating Human-Centred AI in Clinical Practice: A guide for health and social care professionals.
The guide builds on the previously published CIEHF White Paper, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare AI.
Fatigue in risk management
Fatigue is a serious risk factor in safety-critical industries and, if not properly managed, can result in a significant reduction in human performance and impact patient safety and staff health and wellbeing.
The white paper Fatigue Risk Management for Health and Social Care includes the combined expertise of multiple professionals from healthcare and other safety-critical sectors. Read the white paper.
Technical membership in healthcare
Individuals working in healthcare and interested in applying human factors in their role can become a CIEHF Technical Member. Explore how Technical membership of the CIEHF can support professional growth and help you make a greater impact in healthcare. Find out more.