Best Practices in Managing Human Factors in Healthcare 

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Schedule

August 26, 2013 - Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel

Time

Topic

Presenter

7:00 a.m.-2 p.m.

Registration

Shannon Foyer 

8-8:15 a.m.

Welcome

Joyce Siegele, FACHE, DSHS, Northside Hospital

8:15-9 a.m. 

Managing Human Factors and Ergonomics within Healthcare … Building the Business Case

Tim McGlothlin, C.P.E., The Ergonomics Center | Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

9-9:45 a.m.

Making the Business Case for Ergonomics Programs in Healthcare: A Win-Win for Staff and Patient Safety

Lynda Enos, RN, C.P.E., HumanFit LLC 

9:45-10 a.m.

Morning Break

Shannon Foyer

10-10:45 a.m.

Improving the Reliability of Health Care Through The Application of Human Factors Engineering

Brian H. Fillipo, M.D., Guthrie Health

10:45-11:30 a.m.

Use of Lean Tools in Architectural Design to Develop Ergonomic Healthcare Work Environments

Amanda Mewborn, R.N., Perkins+Will

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Lunch

Lambert Room

12:45-1:30 p.m.

To Better is Human®: Using a Human Factors Systems Approach to Rethink Errors

Vicki R. Lewis, Ph.D., MedStar’s National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare

1:30-2:15 p.m.

Understanding Nurse Liability

Joyce Holshouser Benton, R.N., CNA Healthcare

2:15-2:30 p.m.

Break

Shannon Foyer

2:30-3:15 p.m.

“Lift Saver” Program at MCCG

Dawn Cole, Medical Center of Central Georgia

3:15-4 p.m.

Developing and Nurturing Collaborative Partnerships with Undergraduate IE Programs

Laura Moody, Ph.D., Mercer University

4 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Joyce Siegele, FACHE, DSHS, Northside Hospital