When "Human Error" Causes EHR Downtime, Who is Liable For Patient Injuries That Result?

In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was this story of yet another EHR " glitch ": March 9, 2013 12:17 am   Human error the cause o...

When "Human Error" Causes EHR Downtime, Who is Liable For Patient Injuries That Result? 2015-05-18T18:55:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Boulder Community Hospital computer system crash: Either you're in control of your information systems, or they're in control of you

Yet another health IT crash, "prolonged" this time, from some unspecified " glitch ": Boulder Community Hospital comp...

Boulder Community Hospital computer system crash: Either you're in control of your information systems, or they're in control of you 2015-05-18T03:59:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Boulder Community Hospital computer records back on line - but something does not add up

This post is in followup to my March 20, 2013 post " Boulder Community Hospital computer system crash: Either you're in control of...

Boulder Community Hospital computer records back on line - but something does not add up 2015-05-18T03:43:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Setback for Sutter after $1B EHR crashes (in followup to post "RNs Say Sutter’s New Electronic System Causing Serious Disruptions to Safe Patient Care at East Bay Hospitals")

At my July 12, 2013 post "RNs Say Sutter’s New Electronic System Causing Serious Disruptions to Safe Patient Care at East Bay Hospitals...

Setback for Sutter after $1B EHR crashes (in followup to post "RNs Say Sutter’s New Electronic System Causing Serious Disruptions to Safe Patient Care at East Bay Hospitals") 2015-05-13T02:16:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Another in the "Health IT Crashed, But Patient Care Was Not Compromised" Series - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

We must have health IT to prevent stupid doctors and nurses from making mistakes.  Without it, patients are at the mercy of dreaded Paper Re...

Another in the "Health IT Crashed, But Patient Care Was Not Compromised" Series - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 2015-05-12T22:05:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Computer woes hit Banner hospital system: Another large EHR outage ... but patient safety was not compromised

Here is yet another story in the genre of "EHRs go out, but patient care has not been compromised." (See query link at http://hcre...

Computer woes hit Banner hospital system: Another large EHR outage ... but patient safety was not compromised 2015-05-10T23:02:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Canada: Province-wide electronic medical record computer system 'glitch' causing patients to be turned away from care

This story describes a very bad scenario for sick Canadians.  I offer just a few pithy comments, as not much more than that is needed: ht...

Canada: Province-wide electronic medical record computer system 'glitch' causing patients to be turned away from care 2015-05-07T01:05:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Full Moon Friday the 13th: Computers down at Vermont's largest hospital

A health IT "glitch" hit in Vermont on Full Moon Friday the 13th (have some werewolf with your bad luck!) Dark Shadows' Qu...

Full Moon Friday the 13th: Computers down at Vermont's largest hospital 2015-05-07T00:47:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown