Are clinical information systems safe?

Are Routine Manual Systems Genuine Information Systems?

The information systems literature describes many systems — both computerised and manual — that are commonly accepted to be information systems (IS). However, there is also a group of systems found in the literature, which will be called routine, manual systems, that appear to provide participants with cues for action but which do not have the hallmarks of traditional information systems. These...

Are we really in safe hands? How safe is safe?

Vehicle Control and Information Systems for Safe Driving

OVERVIEW: Recently, there has been an increase in the practical application of ACC (adaptive cruise control) systems, which measure the following distance to the preceding vehicle by radar and automatically maintain an appropriate following distance, and lane keeping systems, which recognize lanes using vision sensors and keep the vehicle from deviating from the lane. Current systems are based ...

Vitamins, Are They Safe?

The consumption of a daily multivitamin among people all over the world is dramatically increasing in recent years. Most of the people believe that if vitamins are not effective, at least they are safe. However, the long term health consequences of vitamins consumption are unknown. This study aimed to assess the side effects and possible harmful and detrimental properties of vitamins and to dis...

Are home births safe?