> automation, in aviation, is a partnership between humans and machines as a lay person who's visited too many people in hospitals, this sounds like a reasonab

> automation, in aviation, is a partnership between humans and machines as a lay person who's visited too many people in hospitals, this sounds like a reasonable description of the modern hospital room as well. * bp and pulse monitors do a job which doctors and nurses used to do manually * non invasive oxygen saturation level monitors do a job which could not be done easily in the past * automated IV drip monitors do a job nurses used to have to do manually * wrist bands with bar codes and an accompanying scanner coupled to a database serve as a "second opinion" or double check on the medication a patient is being given etc