I believe in 2013 that they are. (Definition of bad health IT is here: http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/faculty/ssilverstein/cases/ ) I recent...
Showing posts with label healthcare IT dangers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthcare IT dangers. Show all posts
Today's Bad Health IT Systems: More Dangerous Than Paper?
I believe in 2013 that they are. (Definition of bad health IT is here: http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/faculty/ssilverstein/cases/ ) I recent...
IT Specialist and the job he wouldn't take: hospital management's health IT "plan" is a checklist for failure
Received unsolicited on June 14, 2013 from a computer professional whose identity I am redacting. Posted with his permission: Dr. Silverste...
ONC's Christmas Confessional on Health IT Safety: "HIT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan for Public Comment"
This time of year is certainly appropriate for a confessional on the health IT industry and hyperenthusiasts ' sins. In the first report...
A Significant Additional Observation on the PA Patient Safety Authority Report "The Role of the Electronic Health Record in Patient Safety Events" -- Risk
At a Dec. 13, 2012 post " Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority: The Role of the Electronic Health Record in Patient Safety Events ...
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority: The Role of the Electronic Health Record in Patient Safety Events
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has released a report " The Role of the Electronic Health Record in Patient Safety Events ....
Computer Viruses Are "Rampant" on Medical Devices in Hospitals
As if there weren't enough problems with hospitals as computing backwaters, now there's this: Computer Viruses Are "Rampant...
Realizing EHR potential, or avoiding patient endangerment?
I noted an interesting comment posted in the comment thread of Bob Wachter's post "Putting the “A” Back in SOAP Notes: Time to Tack...
Contra Costa's $45 million computer health care system endangering lives, nurses say
Massive Health IT Outage: But, Of Course, Patient Safety Was Not Compromised
Having been 'Down Under' in Sydney addressing the Health Informatics Society of Australia on the need to slow down their national he...
Did Toxic Effects of an EHR Kill Rory Staunton?
FDA: Software Failures Responsible for 24% Of All Medical Device Recalls
At " FDA: Software Failures Responsible for 24% Of All Medical Device Recalls " via Kapersky Labs, a software security company, it...
Why non-medical amateurs need to be kept away from authority roles in health IT ... lest their ignorance kill people
