Monetary losses and layoffs from EHR expenses and EHR mismanagement

More on monetary losses and layoffs from EHR expenses and EHR mismanagement: 1.  Layoffs to balance the budget... http://www.news-record.com...

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Gartner: Famous Last Words on National Health IT - "Don't Fear Progress"

From time to time I review old articles about health IT via Google and other search engines. Found this analysis/prediction/statement of con...

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More cybernetic miracles: 14,000 patients failed to receive follow-up outpatient appointments

14,000 is a lot of patients to miss followup appointments. I do not think this feat could have been accomplished via paper: Morecambe Bay m...

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The Very Latest Health IT "Glitch" - Britsh MP Says No to Cerner

It's just a glitch: Bacon calls for halt on Millennium e-Health Insider.com 19 January 2012 Conservative MP Richard Bacon has called for...

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North Bristol Hits Appointment Problems: Another "Our Lousy IT Systems Screwed Up, But Patient Safety Was Never Compromised" Story

At my Dec. 2011 post " IT Malpractice? Yet Another "Glitch" Affecting Thousands of Patients. Of Course, As Always, Patient C...

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"24", This Computer Project Was Not

A fascinating case study of IT failure in another life-critical domain has come to my attention. I think if the words "FBI" were r...

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All The News That's Fit to Print: New York Times Notices UK National Health IT Project Goes "PfffT"

At my Sept. 22, 2011 post " NPfIT Programme goes PfffT " I wrote about the £12.7bn National Programme for IT in the NHS (Nationa...

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NPfIT Programme goes "PfffT"

More on the travails of the UK's moribund National Programme for IT in the NHS. It's officially gone "PffffT"... NHS told ...

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The National Programme for IT in the NHS: an Aug. 2011 Public Accounts Committee update on the delivery of detailed care records systems

At " 2009 a Pivotal Year in Healthcare IT " I linked to summary points of a Jan. 2009 report about the UK's National Program f...

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UK NHS pulls the plug on its £11bn IT system

You saw it here first. Or, at least well before the pundits admitted this. I've been predicting this event for quite awhile at this blo...

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Key lesson from the NPfIT - The Tony Collins Blog

ComputerWorldUK .com Key lesson from the NPfIT - The Tony Collins Blog Listening to critics is critical to the success of big projects. But ...

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NPfIT: National Programme of Failed IT in the NHS

I have a suggestion for the Queen: Perhaps the NPfIT (National Programme for IT in the NHS) should be renamed the " National Programme...

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