In 2012, improperly compounded sterile products caused an outbreak of fungal meningitis and other fungal infections to become the largest outbreak of healthcare-associated infections in the United States. This outbreak, along with other adverse events associated with larger compounders...
Traditional, corporate-level risk mitigation procedures and management-led performance improvement efforts tend to ignore the relationship dynamics of Architect-Engineer design teams, and instead focus on the credentials and abilities of the individual designers, the contractual framework...
Systems engineers are faced with the challenge of adhering to broad systems engineering policies, while simultaneously tailoring systems engineering processes to meet the unique challenges facing their projects. Tailoring is often performed ad hoc, and determining which stages, steps, and...
Many industries, such as healthcare, transportation, education, and other fields that involve large corporations and institutions, are complex systems composed of many diverse interacting components. Frequently, to improve performance within these industries, to move into new markets, or to...
Insider threats are one of the most damaging threats to modern systems. The ubiquity of cybersecurity problems related to insider threats promoted various solutions over the years. However, effective solutions are undermined by mathematical algorithms and host-based event driven techniques that...