[IGSTK-Developers] call for papers for special issue for IEEE "Computer" as mentioned on tcon today

[Kevin Cleary]

Here is the link:

 

http://csdl2.computer.org/comp/mags/co/2005/10/rx095.pdf

 

I also pasted the information below

 

Deadline is Dec 1

  

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Call for Articles for Computer

Computer seeks articles for a special issue to appear in April 2006 on the
software

engineering and application of software-based medical devices and device

systems. The guest editor is Rick Schrenker, Department of Biomedical

Engineering, Massachusetts General Hospital; http://biomed.partners.org.

The Institute of Medicine's 1999 report, To Err Is Human, estimated that as

many as 98,000 Americans were dying annually as a result of medical errors.

The section titled "Why Do Accidents Happen?" states "People . become
accustomed

to design defects and learn to work around them, so often they are not
recognized"

and "Accidents are more likely to happen in certain types of systems.

When they do occur, they represent failures in the way systems are designed.
The

primary objective of systems design ought to be to make it difficult for
accidents

and errors to occur and minimize damage if they do occur."

Given the hundreds to thousands of technically and clinically heterogeneous

medical equipment models (and their attendant software) used in large
medical

facilities, the increasing complexity facing medical device users and the
clinical

engineering community is almost overwhelming. This special issue looks at
the

challenges facing the medical industry as a whole, and the clinical
engineering

community in particular, in realizing the promise of modern medical
technology.

Topics of interest include

* the application of software engineering in the development of systems that

span the spectrum of care-for example, home, community, community

hospital, academic medical center, and regional health care systems;

* the application of software engineering in the development of systems in

high-intensity care-delivery settings-for example, intensive care units or

operating rooms, where various clinically and technically heterogeneous

devices and systems can be applied to provide patient care, often in
concert;

and

* lifecycle maintenance, management, and safety assurance of software-based

medical devices and systems, duly considering both the care environment

and the technological sophistication of users and potential interactions
with

coresident devices.

Computer seeks articles treating all aspects of the application of software

engineering to the development and management of software-based medical

devices used in the delivery of direct patient care, including human
factors, safety,

and business issues.

The submission deadline is 1 December 2005. Author guidelines and submission

instructions are available at www.computer.org/portal/pages/computer/

mc/author.html.

Send inquiries to the guest editor at raschrenker at partners.org.

 

 

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