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Lessons for High Technology and Safety

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The Route to Patient Safety in Robotic Surgery

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ((STAR,volume 126))

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In the process of answering the research questions we learned several important lessons that can be applied to today’s high technology health care setting. Many are inherent to what has already been presented, however a few are explored here briefly.

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Grespan, L., Fiorini, P., Colucci, G. (2019). Lessons for High Technology and Safety. In: The Route to Patient Safety in Robotic Surgery. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 126. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03020-9_12

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