by admin | Apr 16, 2019 | CHFG Blog
Rebus Medical spoke to Consultant Anaesthetist Professor Chris Frerk about his interest in Human Factors, its patient safety benefits and the power it may have to influence procurement decisions. Chris Frerk is a Consultant Anaesthetist and Chair of the Medical...
by admin | Nov 5, 2018 | CHFG Blog
All users of poorly designed medical devices, equipment and technologies will at least operate inefficiently and at worst, make errors that can contribute to patient harm or death. No one knowingly buys second rate kit. Problems often don’t come to light until...
by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | CHFG Blog
The General Medical Council (GMC) are responsible for the registering and licensing of Doctors practicing in the UK. When concerns are raised about a Doctors performance, the GMC may investigate whether that Doctor is considered ‘fit to practice’ in their current...
by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | CHFG Blog
Research help request. A research team at the University of Leeds is undertaking a systematic review of the effects of networked IT systems, which link patient records together across organisations, on patient safety. The team would like to conduct 20 minute...
by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | CHFG Blog
The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF), launched their much-awaited White Paper setting out their vision for the integration of Human Factors in Health & Social Care to understand how human factors expertise can help and benefit...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | CHFG Blog
by Rachel Wood RGN Assumptions are often made based upon an individual’s job title rather than their skills and competence. As a Registered Nurse, it was often assumed that I wasn’t clever enough to make it to medical school and so my clinical view was second best. ...
