Improvements on the Horizon: Because most insulin errors are the result of confusing various forms and doses of the drug, great hope is being pinned on electronic error correction systems, like those made by General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ) and health care technology firm McKesson (nyse: MCK - news - people ).
Only the new electronic error-correction systems hold out any hope for reduction in mistakes.
Such computerized error-correction systems are starting to make it out of cancer centers into more mainstream hospitals.
Lawmakers must turn the current medical malpractice system on its head, by establishing "blame free" error-reporting systems.
Currently Enterprise systems ship with Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory, but most consumer systems do not.
For example, the commission cites statistics showing that predominantly African-American voting precincts were more likely to use older voting systems with higher error rates than more affluent, predominantly white voting districts.
Mistakes are inevitable when humans manage important IT processes and systems, and therefore human error is present in almost every aspect of IT.
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It said there had been an error in its Edinburgh office, involving the maintenance of its systems.
Autonomic expert systems are also being used to help eliminate human error.
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The passive feature means they rely less on electrically driven pumps and valves, for safety, and more on systems designed to shut down plants safely in emergencies and to prevent operator error.
With these sorts of expert systems, IT departments can decrease the prevalence of network outages due to human error.
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The best way to protect your organization from unplanned downtime due to a natural disaster or human error has always been to implement redundancy and diversity in your disaster recovery and business continuity systems.
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Digital radio, because of error correction requirements inherent in two-way radio communication, is substantially more fragile than the older analog radio systems.
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