Functional safety in telecare: A proposal for implementation and joint validation

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 164, Issue , 2011, Pages 410-414

  Adriano, Juan ^a,d   Torres Echeverria, Alejandro ^b   Roudsari, Abdul ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABB Limited UK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Functional safety; Healthcare; Telecare

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

FUNCTIONAL SAFETY; INHERENT RISK; PATIENT SAFETY; TELE-CARE SYSTEMS; TELECARE;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE;

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79953044461     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-709-3-410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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