Applying System Engineering to Pharmaceutical Safety

While engineering techniques are used in the development of medical devices and have been applied to individual healthcare processes, such as the use of checklists in surgery and ICUs, the application of system engineering techniques to larger healthcare systems is less common. System safety is the...

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Main Authors: Nancy Leveson, Matthieu Couturier, John Thomas, Meghan Dierks, David Wierz, Bruce M. Psaty, Stan Finkelstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.3.3.391