Tale of Two Stories monograph

The monograph "A Tale of Two Stories: Contrasting Views on Patient Safety" by R. I. Cook, D. D. Woods and C. Miller resulted from a workshop on Assembing the Scientific Basis for Progress on Patient Safety held under the auspices of the National Patient Safety Foundation and sponsored by VHA and AHRQ. Tale of 2 Stories pdf

Posted by woods on September 24, 1998 10:50 PM
SOHO mission interruption report

Accident report on the SOHO mission interruption contributors include software, human-computer interation, and organizational factors. SOHO Board report html

The early preliminary account which used human error to downplay the system and organizational factors is at Preliminary SOHO report html

For a complete analysis of the contributors and lessons, see Nancy Leveson's work: Leveson on SOHO

Posted by woods on September 1, 1998 11:37 PM