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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
ON PATIENT SAFETY
Patient Safety –
Biomedical/Clinical/Hospital Engineering Providing a Safe Health
Care Environment
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The
Role of Biomedical/Clinical Engineering and Health Care
Technology Assessment in the Global Issue of Patient
Safety
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The World Alliance for Patient Safety
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The
Essential Health Technologies
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The
Information Society and e-Health
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The
WHO Health InterNetwork
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International Standards of Medical Technologies
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Resource Building
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The
Advantages of Mandatory Certification of CEs
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Research in the field of patient safety
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Solutions to reduce
the risks of healthcare and improve its safety
Speakers:
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Andrei Issakov, WHO: “The Global Challenge of Patient Safety - the WHO
Response and the World
Alliance for Patient Safety”.
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Joseph
Dyro, Past President ACCE, IFMBE-ACCE Liaison:"
Broadening Clinical Engineering Horizons to Create Safer Health
Services".
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Andrei Issakov, Peter Heimann, WHO: “Health Technology
Management and its Role in
Providing Quality and Safe Care".
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Jan Persson, IFMBE HCTA Division: “The Role of HTA in Diffusion
and Implementation of Devices Today and in the Future, and the
Impact on Patient Safety Issues”.
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James O. Wear,
ACCE Education Committee Chair: "Biomedical/Clinical/Hospital
Engineering Providing a Safe Health Care Environment".
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Itziar Larizgoitia,
WHO:
"e-Health and
Patient Safety: Exploring the Link".
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Lodewijk Bos, President of the ICMCC: “What
Medical and Care Compunetics Can Do to Improve Patient Safety.”
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Frank Painter,
ACCE Certification Committee Chair: "The
Importance of CE Certification for Patient Safety and the
Needs and Benefits of an Internationally Recognized CE Certification
System".
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Heikki Teriö,
IFMBE AC Member and CE Division Board, Sweden: "Improvement of
Patient Safety by CRM Training".
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Brian M. O'Connell, President, IEEE Society on Social
Implications of Technology and Board of Governors, IEEE Computer
Society: “Patient Safety, the Ethical and Social Implications for
Clinical Engineers”.
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Azman Hamid, Commission for
the Advancement of
Healthcare Technology Management in Asia (CAHTMA) and Healthtronics,
Malaysia: “What CAHTMA and Healthtronics are Planning to Do for Patient
Safety in Asia”.
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Tom Cooper, Engineering Council of South Africa: “CE
Certification and Patient Safety Issues in South Africa”.
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Frank Painter,
ACCE Certification Committee Chair: “Human
Factors Engineering and Incident and Accident Investigation”.
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Günter Rau,
Chairman, International Academy for Medical and Biological
Engineering: “Increase in Patient Safety by Blood Cryopreservation
Technology”.
Andrei Issakov, WHO: Wrapping
up and summarizing the presentations, suggestions for a position
paper on Health Technology Management and Patient Safety, and
proposing "A Safe Environment for Safer Care" as a Global Patient
Safety Challenge.
Discussion: Patient Safety and
what BME/CE/HE can do to provide a safe health care environment.
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