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dc.contributor.authorCouturier, Matthieu
dc.contributor.authorThomas, John
dc.contributor.authorDierks, Meghan
dc.contributor.authorWierz, David
dc.contributor.authorPsaty, Bruce M.
dc.contributor.authorLeveson, Nancy G.
dc.contributor.authorFinkelstein, Stan Neil
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-16T19:37:58Z
dc.date.available2013-10-16T19:37:58Z
dc.date.issued2012-09
dc.identifier.issn2040-2295
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81409
dc.description.abstractWhile 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 part of system engineering that uses modeling and analysis to identify hazards and to design the system to eliminate or control them. In this paper, we demonstrate how to apply a new, safety engineering static and dynamic modeling and analysis approach to healthcare systems. Pharmaceutical safety is used as the example in the paper, but the same approach is potentially applicable to other complex healthcare systems. System engineering techniques can be used in re-engineering the system as a whole to achieve the system goals, including both enhancing the safety of current drugs while, at the same time, encouraging the development of new drugs.en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMultiscienceen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.3.3.391en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/en_US
dc.sourceMIT web domainen_US
dc.titleApplying System Engineering to Pharmaceutical Safetyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationLeveson, Nancy, Matthieu Couturier, John Thomas, Meghan Dierks, David Wierz, Bruce M. Psaty, and Stan Finkelstein. “Applying System Engineering to Pharmaceutical Safety.” Journal of Healthcare Engineering 3, no. 3 (September 1, 2012): 391-414.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronauticsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorLeveson, Nancy G.en_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorCouturier, Matthieuen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorThomas, Johnen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorFinkelstein, Stan Neilen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Healthcare Engineeringen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsLeveson, Nancy; Couturier, Matthieu; Thomas, John; Dierks, Meghan; Wierz, David; Psaty, Bruce M.; Finkelstein, Stanen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6294-8890
mit.licenseOPEN_ACCESS_POLICYen_US
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