Crew system assessment methods applied to derivative fighter cockpits

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert G. Kuperman ◽  
Richard W. Moss ◽  
Robert A. Bondurant
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Methods ◽  
System Assessment

Prospective System Assessments Used to Enhance Patient Safety: Case Studies From a Collaboration of Engineers and Hospitals in Southwest Washington State

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garill A. Coles
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
System Assessment ◽  
Southwest Washington

It is no secret that healthcare, in general, has become an increasingly complicated mixture of technical systems, complex processes and intricate skilled human interactions. Patient care processes have followed this same trend. The healthcare industry, itself, has acknowledged that it is fraught with high-risk and error prone processes and cite medication management systems, invasive procedures and diagnostic methods. Complexity represents opportunity for unanticipated events, process failures and undesirable outcomes. Traditionally when a patient care process fails, accountability was focused on the individual clinician error. However, increasing, healthcare is following the lead of other high-risk industries (e.g. chemical, aerospace, nuclear, etc.) that give attention to the characteristics the overall system that contribute to the failure. The focus has shifted to identification of systemic weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Increasing the healthcare industry is using prospective system assessment methods to evaluate the high-risk systems and processes. This paper describes results of collaboration between engineers and community hospitals in Southwest Washington State between 2002 and 2007 in applying prospective system assessment methods to a range of the high-risk healthcare systems and processes. The methods used are Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis and Probabilistic Risk Assessment. The two case studies presented are: 1) an interhospital FMEA on patient transfer and 2) a risk assessment of mental health patients who present themselves in a hospital Emergency Department.

Crew System Assessment Methods Applied to Derivative Fighter Cockpits

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 473-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert G. Kuperman ◽  
Richard W. Moss ◽  
Robert A. Bondurant
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Weapon System ◽  
System Assessment

Representatives from five Air Force Laboratories were tasked to perform an assessment of conceptual cockpit designs being considered for a derviative, dual role fighter weapon system. An in-cockpit “role playing” exercise, demonstrating the tasks of a composite weapon system mission scenario, was employed in obtaining expert subject opinion data.

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