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...

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Can Digital Disappearing Ink (An EHR "Glitch") Kill Patients? Part 2

At " Another Health IT "Glitch" - Can Digital Disappearing Ink Kill Patients? " just yesterday, on August 5, 2013, I wro...

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Another Health IT "Glitch" - Can Digital Disappearing Ink Kill Patients?

Yes, it can. There's been yet another "glitch" in the world of health IT (see http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/glitc...

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Siemens Healthcare on solving EHR usability problems: you can just call up your pal at the next hospital

In my Aug. 2009 post " Why Siemens Healthcare Fails ", I wrote: I note that I used to admire German engineering rigor, but after s...

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Lifespan (Rhode Island): Yet another health IT "glitch" affecting thousands - that, of course, caused no patient harm that they know of - yet

There's been yet another health IT "glitch" that, of course, caused no patients to be harmed. See other "glitches"...

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A Lawsuit Over Healthcare IT Whistleblowing and Wrongful Discharge: Malin v. Siemens Healthcare

" Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. " - Grey's law At an Aug. 2009 post " Why Si...

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