Description
This book presents the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 8th Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety (HEPS) international conference, held in Dublin, Ireland, on June 18-20, 2025, which was endorsed by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA). The conference theme of Safer Better Care, By All, For All promoted the importance of bringing together Patient and Public Involvement, Healthcare Professionals and Human Factors/Ergonomics (HFE) expertise to address the problem of healthcare safety. The proceedings include papers from researchers and practitioners, scientists and physicians, institutional leaders, managers, patients and policy makers and reflect a shared commitment to collaborative, inclusive, and systems-focused approaches to improving healthcare.
Part I: Innovating for Advances in AI and Digital Health Technologies.- Stress by Alarms: Physiological and Psychological Stress Responses to Medical Alarms During an Immersive Virtual Intensive Care Environment.- Clinical Perspectives of negative pressure and manual massage on cesarean scar recovery.- An Assessment of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMSDs) Risk Factors among Midwives in Ireland while tending to Water Births.- The Pros and Cons of Mobile Messaging App Usage in a Transplant Surgery Team in Saudi Arabia.- Walking the Human Factors Tightrope: Striking the balance between freedom and control to optimise systems performance and foster employee wellbeing.- Systems Approach for Reflecting on AI (SARA): Integrating SEIPS and CHAT for Human Centred AI in Healthcare.- Integrating Human Factors Socio-Technical Systems Analysis in a Data Investigation in an Acute Hospital: Methodological Insights.- Building an Öntology for Proactive Risk Control.- Implementing an Ethics-by-Design Approach in Personalized Preventive Pharmacogenomics: A Pilot Study in Development.- Part II: Designing for Human Wellbeing and Overall System Performance.- Hazard identification and ergonomic risk management in a hospital complex: methodology based on Brazilian legislation guidelines.- Barriers and facilitators in the work Systems of occupational therapists in Peru using the sensory integration approach.- Data-Driven Rounds: Unlocking Throughput and Efficiency With ACUs and SIBR Rounds.- Developing an evidence-driven concept of operations for the prevention and control of healthcare acquired infections in the acute hospital setting.- Taking a socio-technical systems approach to supporting the care of patients with sepsis - SEIPS3.0 for SEPSIS.- Should we escalate? Barriers and enablers to deteriorating patient escalation by staff in Ireland: the role of home wards as a key enabler.- How to Provide Safer Emergency Care for People with Mental Health Conditions? - Learning from AcciMap Analysis of Multiple Safety Incidents.- Evaluation of Burnout Syndrome and Work-Related Psychosocial Factors among Healthcare Workers.- SYNC A Synchronization Device for Asthma Medication Management in Schools.- Part III: Designing and Building Better Healthcare Outcomes for All.- Interprofessional protocol for patient handling and movement: promoting ergonomics and patient safety.- When process discontinuities are the manifestation of cross-functional collective activities serving patient care in external radiotherapy.- Practical Tips Inspired by Aviation to Strengthen Surgical Patient Safety in the Spanish National Health System: The Use Before Surgery Initiative.- Part IV: Papers from Interactive Workshops that took place at HEPS.- Human Factors Ergonomics for Beginners an existential crises: a reflection on a working breakfast.- Healthcare safety and the role of regulation lessons from a transdisciplinary workshop.- Gardeners, butterflies, bees and soil: Reflections on Networks for Patient Safety workshop using adapted Öpen Space Technology.
