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Health & Patient Safety Research Lab

Publications

2012

West, J. (2012) 'Designing Out Medical Error' article on award winners in World Health Design, October

2011

Matthews, E. (2011) 'Redesigning the A&E Ambulance' in Ambulance Today, Winter 2011, December 11

Matthews, E,. & Fusari, G. (2011) 'Redesigning the emergency ambulance' in Building Better Healthcare November 2011
West, J. Davey, G. Matthews, E. Anderson O. Myerson, J. 'Make It Better: Designing Out Medical Error' exhibition publication and summary of research project, London 2011

Matthews, E. (2011) 'Emergency care: Redesigning the emergency ambulance' in World Health Design journal, October 2011

West, J. Davey, G. Matthews, E. Anderson O. 'Designing Out Medical Error' Design4Health conference proceedings, Sheffield July 2011

West, J. Davey, G. Matthews, E. Anderson, O. Norris, B. Myerson, J 'Designing Out Medical Error' 7th World Congress for Design & Health proceedings, Boston July 2011

2010

West, J. Contribution to 'Design for Patient Safety' chapter, Vincent, C. (2010) Patient Safety (second edition) BMJ Books/Wiley-Blackwell, UK

Kecman, M. Stroux, L. (2010) 'User-centred design as innovation driver in a risk-averse business environment' Proceedings of 5th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access & Assistant Technology (CWUAAT), Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge 22-25 March

Kecman, M. (2010): 'Design in Healthcare: reducing errors and infection, promoting efficiency and improving patient experience'. Presentation to the US Government healthcare policy makers. White House, Washington DC

2009

Harrow, D., Coleman, R., Matthews, E., Thompson, R. & Swann, D. (2009), 'Healthcare on the Move', RCA 2009 ISBN 978-1-905000-79-1

Freeth, D., Gubby, A., Berridge, E. J., Mackintosh, N., Norris, B., Sadler, C. & Strachan, A. (2009), Multidisciplinary Obstetric Simulated Emergency Scenarios (MOSES): promoting patient safety in obstetrics with teamwork-focused interprofessional simulations. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 29 (2): 98-104

Norris, B. (2009) Human factors and safe patient care, Journal of Nursing Management, Volume 17, Number 2, March 2009, pp. 203-211(9)

Sevdalis, N., Norris, B., Ranger, C., Bothwell, S. (2009) Closing the safety loop: Evaluation of the UK's National Patient Safety Agency's Wristbands Compliance Project, Journal for Evaluation in Clinical Practice 15:311-315, April 2009

Sevdalis, N., Norris, B., Ranger, C., Bothwell, S. (2009) Designing evidence-based safety solutions: The case of the UK's National Health Service hospital namebands, 2008, Journal for Evaluation in Clinical Practice 15:316-322, April 2009

Harrow D, Coleman R, Matthews E, Thompson R, Swann D, Hignett S, Jones, A, Benger J, Caldwell N & Petersen A (2009) Healthcare on the Move, Royal College of Art, London 

Thompson R & Harrow D (2009) Healthcare on the Move: A Patient Safety Vehicle Design Research Project, Include 2009 Conference proceedings, 8 April 2009, ISBN 978-1-905000-80-7

2008

Martin J.L, Norris, B.J., Murphy, E. and Crowe, J.A. (2008), Medical device development: the challenge for ergonomics. Applied Ergonomics, 39 (3) 271-284

Matthews, E., West, J., Halls, S. & Coleman, R. (2008) 'Closing the loop: taking evidence-based designs into manufacture' in Conference Proceedings ImprovingPatient Safety July 2008, Ergonomics Society, ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

Matthews, E., Gheerawo., R. & West, J. (2008) 'Academia and industry: managing knowledge transfer to improve patient safety' in Conference Proceedings of International Design Management Institute Education, April 2008

West, J., Halls, S., Coleman, R. & Lowe, C. (2008) Resus:station: breathing life back into resuscitation in Conference Proceedings Improving Patient Safety July 2008, Ergonomics Society, ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

Matthews, E., Gheerawo, R. & West, J. (2008) Academia and industry: managing knowledge transfer to improve patient safety in Conference Proceedings International Design Management Institute Education April 2008

Hignett, S, Crumpton E, Coleman R, (2008) Designing emergency ambulances for the 21st century in Emergency Medicine Journal

Harrow D & Coleman R (2008), Design For Patient Safety: Future Ambulances, Improving Patient Safety Conference proceedings July 2008,Ergonomics Society, ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

Harrow D, Coleman R, Matthews E & Thompson R (2008), Smart Pods': New Vehicle To Take Healthcare To The Community, Improving
Patient Safety Conference proceedings
July 2008, Ergonomics Society, ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

Coleman R (2008) Evidence based design for patient safety: challenges and methodologies Improving Patient Safety Conference proceedings July 2008, Ergonomics Society, ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

Halls S, Cousins D, Coleman R & Matthews E (2008) Safer drug delivery: Improving the design of infusion devices Improving Patient Safety Conference proceedingsJuly 2008, Ergonomics Society ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

West J & Coleman R. (2008) Protection in medication: embedding safer pack design in pharmaceutical supply chain priorities Improving Patient Safety Conference proceedings July 2008, Ergonomics Society, ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

Matthews E, Gheerawo R, West J (2008) Academia and industry: managing knowledge transfer to improve patient safety International Design Management Institute Education Conference proceedings April 2008

Halls S, Cousins D, Coleman R & Matthews E (2008) Safer drug delivery: Improving the design of infusion devices, Improving Patient Safety Conference proceedings July 2008, Ergonomics Society ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2/

Matthews E, West J, Halls S & Coleman R (2008) Closing the loop: taking evidence-based designs into manufacture, Improving Patient Safety Conference proceedings July 2008, Ergonomics Society ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

West J, Halls S, Coleman R & Lowe C (2008) Resus:station: breathing life back into resuscitation, Improving Patient Safety Conference proceedings July 2008, Ergonomics Society ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

Halls S, Cousins D & Coleman R (2008) Injectable medicines: From safe design to safe use, Improving Patient Safety Conference proceedings July 2008, Ergonomics Society ISBN 978-0-9554225-2-2

Halls S. (in print) Design for Patient Safety: a guide to the labelling and packaging of injectable medicines, London, NHS National Patient Safety Agency and Helen Hamlyn Trust ISBN 978-1-906624-02-6

2007

2006

2005

  • Buckle P, Clarkson P, Coleman R, Kennedy-Martin M, Stubbs D, & Ward J. (2005) ‘Systems design and patient safety’ in Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety, HEPS 2005, Florence, Italy,

2004

  • Clarkson P, Buckle P, Coleman R, Stubbs D, Ward J, Jarret J, Lane R & Bound J. (2004) Design for patient safety: a scoping study to identify how the effective use of design could help to reduce medical accidents, Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, UK, ISBN 0-9545243-0-6
  • Clarkson P, Buckle P, Coleman R, Stubbs D, Ward J, Jarret J, Lane R & Bound J. (2004) ‘Design for patient safety: a review of the effectiveness of design in the UK health service’ in Journal of Engineering Design, 15 (2), 123-140
  • Clarkson P, Buckle P, Coleman R, Stubbs D, Ward J & Kennedy-Martin M. (2004) ‘Design for patient safety: a review of the effectiveness of design in the UK health service’ in Design 2004, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 983-988
  • Clarkson P, Buckle P, Coleman R, Stubbs D, Ward J. (2004) ‘Designing for patient safety: a review of the effectiveness of design in the UK health service’ in ASME 2004 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & the Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,
  • Coleman R, Clarkson P, Ward J, Buckle P, & Stubbs D. (2004) ‘Inclusive design in practice: designing for patient safety’ in Designing for the 21st Century III, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,

2003

  • Clarkson P, Buckle P, Coleman R, Stubbs D, Ward J, Jarret J, Lane R & Bound J. (2003) Design for patient safety: a system-wide design-led approach to tackling patient safety in the NHS, Department of Health Publications, London, ISBN 1-84182-765-7
  • Buckle P, Clarkson P, Coleman R, Kennedy-Martin M, Stubbs D, Lane R & Ward J. (2003) ‘Designing for patient safety: how the effective use of design could help to reduce medical accidents’ in XV Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and the 7th Joint Conference of Ergonomics Society of Korea /Japan Ergonomics Society, Seoul, Korea, 5,
  • Stubbs D, Buckle P, Lane R, Clarkson P, Coleman R, Kennedy-Martin M, & Ward J (2003) ‘Equipment design and medical errors: the experience of nurses’ in XV Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and the 7th Joint Conference of Ergonomics Society of Korea /Japan Ergonomics Society, Seoul, Korea, 5