About HEPS
HEPS, the triennial conference on Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety, provides an international platform for the exchange and dissemination of knowledge and experiences between the disciplines of Human Factors/Ergonomics and of Medicine and Health. HEPS conferences are endorsed by the International Ergonomics Association and governed by its Technical Committee Healthcare Ergonomics. The HEPS 2025 conference "Safer Better Healthcare By All For All", will take place in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and will bring together Patient and Public Involvement, Human Factor Ergonomics expertise and healthcare practitioners to address healthcare safety.
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Florence, Italy
Human Factor: a bridge between care and cure
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Strasbourg, France
Creating and designing the healthcare experience
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​Oviedo, Spain
An alliance between professionals and citizens for patient safety and quality of life: Healthcare systems ergonomics for hospitals and communities
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Taipei, Taiwan
Bridging research and good practices towards patients welfare
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Toulouse, France
Healthcare and society: new challenges, new opportunities
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Lisbon, Portugal
Building health and social care systems for the future: demographic changes, digital age and human factors
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Delft, The Netherlands
Convergence: breaking down barriers between disciplines
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​​Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Safer Better Healthcare By All For All
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