Studies in health technology and informatics
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 1997
Quality of healthcare related software applications--setting up an accreditation system in Hungary.
Meeting expectations of high quality health care, the safe and secure operation of medical information systems is a "must". However for healthcare software nationwide quality control systems are not widely used. A quality control project of health care applications in Hungary has been launched in 1996 by the Hungarian Society of Healthcare Informatics (MEIT) and Medico-Biological Section of Johann Neumann Society of Computing (NJSZT) by establishing a joint Healthcare Informatics Applications Accreditation Board (Board ESAB). ⋯ The evaluation method is based on international standards as ISO-9126 and on emerging European standards of CEN/TC 251. First rounds of accreditation already proved that there is a need among providers and users for the accreditation process. The authors hope that establishing an accreditation system will lead to a more balanced health care software market where users have an opportunity to inform themselves by the opinion of independent experts on the product they intend to purchase.
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 1996
Medical device accident reporting: does it improve patient safety?
A significant number of patient injuries and deaths are associated with the use of medical devices. After several decades of experience in device evaluation and accident investigation, ECRI believes that many of these adverse effects could not be predicted in advance, even with the most sophisticated design validation techniques. Reporting networks with investigational capability that identify problem devices and provide feedback about adverse effects to manufacturers and medical device users are essential to meet the health communities obligation to provide safe and effective products and patient care.
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The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) was contracted to perform a military standard task analysis of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and to study the effectiveness of a virtual reality surgical skills simulator as a tool for surgical training and as a method for recording psychomotor behavior. This report describes the purpose of the study, its design, initial results, and implications for the field of medical education.