Programmable electronic medical systems – related risks and learning from accidents

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 78-87

  Koornneef, Floor ^a   Voges, Udo ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

incident review; Medical devices; organizational learning; reporting system; requirements specification; risk analysis; safety integrity level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898310770     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146045820200800204     Document Type: Article

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