Process-Model-Driven Guidance to Reduce Surgical Procedure Errors: An Expert Opinion.
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Osterweil LJ, Conboy HM, Clarke LA, Avrunin GS.
Process-Model-Driven Guidance to Reduce Surgical Procedure Errors: An Expert Opinion. Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2019;31(3):453-457. doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.02.030
Abstract
This paper explains how a detailed, precise surgical process model can help reduce errors by fostering better understanding, providing guidance during surgery, helping train newcomers, and by supporting process improvement. It describes the features that a process-modeling language should have in order to support the precise specification of such models.