Method and means for analysis of incident data
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1. A method for assisting analysis of avoidable potentially harmful incident data which includes collecting and classifying incidents, the method including displaying a first of a hierarchical series of response requests in the form of a question to be answered, selecting for each said first response request one or more generic response identifiers selected from a data base of a plurality of generic response identifiers, then using the one or more selected generic response identifier or identifiers to effect a selection from a data base of a further response request question which will be hierarchical to the first said response and then displaying a selected further response request question which is chosen to be relevant to the or each selected generic response identifier, and storing information sufficient to identify the hierarchy of response request and response identifier or identifiers.
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Abstract
A method and a computer system for implementing the method for the analysis of avoidable potentially harmful incident data employing a hierarchical series of response requests in the form of a question to be answered, and one or more generic response identifiers selected from a data base of a plurality of generic response identifiers, using the one or more selected generic response identifier or identifiers to effect a selection from a data base of a further response request question which will be hierarchical to the first said response.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for assisting analysis of avoidable potentially harmful incident data which includes collecting and classifying incidents, the method including displaying a first of a hierarchical series of response requests in the form of a question to be answered,
selecting for each said first response request one or more generic response identifiers selected from a data base of a plurality of generic response identifiers, then using the one or more selected generic response identifier or identifiers to effect a selection from a data base of a further response request question which will be hierarchical to the first said response and then displaying a selected further response request question which is chosen to be relevant to the or each selected generic response identifier, and storing information sufficient to identify the hierarchy of response request and response identifier or identifiers.
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7. A computer system arranged to
display a first of a hierarchical series of response requests, then effect a selection of one or more of a plurality of generic response identifiers from a data base in response to said request, said selection effecting the display of a selected further response request, relevant to the selected generic response identifier, then to store information sufficient to identify the hierarchy of response request and response identifier, and repeating these steps to elicit further information about an incident.
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15. A computer programmed so that it will effect a method for assisting analysis of avoidable potentially harmful incident data which includes collecting and classifying incidents, the method including displaying as a visual output a first of a hierarchically arranged series of response requests in the form of a question to be answered,
the computer then effecting a selection for each said first response request answer of a one or more classifying identifier selected from a data base of a plurality of generic response identifiers, then using the one or more selected generic response identifier or identifiers to effect a selection from a data base of a further question which will be follow the context of to the first said response and then displaying a selected further response request question which is chosen to be relevant to the or each selected generic response identifier, and storing information sufficient to identify the hierarchy or series in ranking of a response request and response identifier or identifiers.
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