Surgical information systems (SIS) do not
act directly upon patients. Consequently,
awareness of computer safety aspects may
not be particularly high. Because surgery
often involves life-critical and expensive
procedures, the consequences of SIS
failure on individual patients or patients en
masse could be severe, dramatic and
costly.
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