Saturday 12 September 2009

A paper that suggests considering dependability not Safety / Security in isolation

Stud Health Technol Inform. 1996;27:190-9.
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Safety and security of information systems.

Shaw R.

Lloyd's Register, Croydon, UK.

This paper discusses some of the similarities and differences between the attributes of safety and security. It places these attributes within the broader topic of dependability and tries to identify what aspects of safety and security are unique and which aspects may be viewed within the attributes of reliability and availability. The paper then suggests that, rather than analyse systems from the single perspective of safety or security, they should be analysed from the broader perspective of dependability.

More Refs to the six safety first principles of health information systems

Foundations for an Electronic Medical Record
http://www.opengalen.org/download/FoundationsofEMR.pdf
A.L. Rector, W.A. Nolan, S. Kay
Medical Informatics Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
Tel +44-161-275-6188/7183  FAX: +44-161-275-6204  email {arector,skay}@cs.man.ac.uk
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk   Published in Methods of Information in Medicine 30: 179-86, 1991

References include:

17. Barber B, Jensen OA, Lamberts H, Roger-France R, De Schouwer P, Zollner H. The six
safety first principles of health information systems: a programme of implementation,
part 1: Safety and Security. In: O’Moore R, Bengtsson S, Bryant JR, Bryden JS, eds.
MIE 90. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics no.40. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1990: 608-
13.
18. Barber b, Jensen OA, Lamberts H, Roger-France R, De Schouwer, Zollner H. The six
safety first principles of health information systems: A programme of implementation.
Part 2: Convenience and Legal Issues. In O’Moore R, Bengtsson S, Bryant JR, Bryden
JS eds. MIE 90. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics no.40. Berlin: Springer-Verlag,
1990: 614-9.

Sunday 6 September 2009

An Early Bibliography on Clinical Safety

3] Barber B et al.: The Six Safety First Principles of Health Information Systems: A Programme
of Implementation - Part 1 Safety and Security; O.A.Jensen et al: Part 2 Convenience
and Legal Issues, pp 608 - 619; in O'Moore et al (eds): Medical Informatics
Europe 90, Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics No 40, Springer Verlag, Berlin 1990.

[4] Barber B, Vincent R, Scholes M: Worst Case Scenarios: The Legal and Ethical Imperative;
in Richards B et al (eds): HC92 Current Perspectives in Healthcare Computing,
1992, British Journal of Healthcare Computing, pp 282 - 288.

Info-Vigilance or Safety in Health Information Systems

The paper examines the issues of security and safety in Health Information Systems and focuses the need for the development of appropriate Guidelines for the effective use of IEC 61508 standard.

http://cmbi.bjmu.edu.cn/news/report/2001/medinfo_2001/Papers/Ch14/809_Barber.pdf

Health Informatics Requirements for an EMR

http://www.opengalen.org/download/FoundationsofEMR.pdf