Moore's Law, disruptive technologies, and the clinician.

The advancement of technical power described by Moore's Law offers great potential for enabling more cost-effective medical devices and systems. However, progress has been slow. Many factors for this failure have been cited, including the anti-rational economic structure of healthcare and the complexity and long time scale of medical development.

Preventable anesthesia mishaps: a study of human factors. 1978.



 A modified critical-incident analysis technique was used in a retrospective examination of the characteristics of human error and equipment failure in anesthetic practice. The objective was to uncover patterns of frequently occurring incidents that are in need of careful prospective investigation. Forty seven interviews were conducted with staff and resident anesthesiologists at one urban teaching institution, and descriptions of 359 preventable incidents were obtained.

Zero stability of disposable and reusable pressure transducers.

Zero stability tests were performed on contrasting, commercially available, blood pressure-transducer systems. One system was based on a brand of disposable transducer. The others employed one brand of reusable transducer with and without samples of two different brands of compatible disposable domes.