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Professor
Work fax: 202-784-3479<br>
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Center<br>
Department of
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center: </span></font><a href="http://www.isis.georgetown.edu/"
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2
face=Helvetica-Condensed-Black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Condensed-Black;
font-weight:bold'>Call for Articles for Computer<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=1
face=Sabon-Italic><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Italic;
font-style:italic'>Computer </span></font></i><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>seeks articles for a special
issue to appear in April 2006 on the software<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>engineering and application of
software-based medical devices and device<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>systems. The guest editor is
Rick Schrenker, Department of Biomedical<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>Engineering, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Massachusetts General</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Hospital</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>;
http://biomed.partners.org.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Medicine</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>’s
1999 report, </span></font><i><font size=1 face=Sabon-Italic><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Italic;font-style:italic'>To Err Is
Human, </span></font></i><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>estimated that as<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>many as 98,000 Americans were
dying annually as a result of medical errors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>The section titled “Why
Do Accidents Happen?” states “People … become accustomed<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>to design defects and learn to
work around them, so often they are not recognized”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>and “Accidents are more
likely to happen in certain types of systems.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>When they do occur, they
represent failures in the way systems are designed. The<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>primary objective of systems
design ought to be to make it difficult for accidents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>and errors to occur and
minimize damage if they do occur.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>Given the hundreds to thousands
of technically and clinically heterogeneous<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>medical equipment models (and
their attendant software) used in large medical<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>facilities, the increasing
complexity facing medical device users and the clinical<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>engineering community is almost
overwhelming. This special issue looks at the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>challenges facing the medical
industry as a whole, and the clinical engineering<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>community in particular, in
realizing the promise of modern medical technology.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>Topics of interest include<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>• </span></font><font size=1
face=Sabon-Roman><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>the
application of software engineering in the development of systems that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>span the spectrum of care—for
example, home, community, community<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>hospital, academic medical
center, and regional health care systems;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>• </span></font><font size=1
face=Sabon-Roman><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>the
application of software engineering in the development of systems in<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>high-intensity care-delivery
settings—for example, intensive care units or<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>operating rooms, where various
clinically and technically heterogeneous<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>devices and systems can be
applied to provide patient care, often in concert;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>• </span></font><font size=1
face=Sabon-Roman><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>lifecycle
maintenance, management, and safety assurance of software-based<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>medical devices and systems,
duly considering both the care environment<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>and the technological
sophistication of users and potential interactions with<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>coresident devices.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><font size=1
face=Sabon-Italic><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Italic;
font-style:italic'>Computer </span></font></i><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>seeks articles treating all
aspects of the application of software<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>engineering to the development
and management of software-based medical<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>devices used in the delivery of
direct patient care, including human factors, safety,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>and business issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>The submission deadline is 1
December 2005. Author guidelines and submission<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face=Sabon-Roman><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>instructions are available at
www.computer.org/portal/pages/computer/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>mc/author.html.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Sabon-Roman'>Send inquiries to the guest
editor at raschrenker@partners.org.</span></font><font size=2
face=Helvetica-Condensed-Black><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica-Condensed-Black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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