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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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2025

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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