At least former ONC chair Blumenthal now says "health IT can [even] cause safety issues." Other than that, it's unicorns and fairies in the Harvard Business Review.

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At least former ONC chair Blumenthal now says "health IT can [even] cause safety issues." Other than that, it's unicorns and fairies in the Harvard Business Review.

Unknown 2/25/2016 Komentar

The truth about healthcare IT, that it is perilously insecure, and is causing clinician despair and patient harm, is increasingly becoming mainstream.  For example, seen at the eclectic, widely read, multi-author website...

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Government backs down on some requirements for digital medical records

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Government backs down on some requirements for digital medical records

Unknown 5/28/2015 Komentar

EHR utopian dreams have taken some pronounced hits in recent years.In recent months, the hyper-enthusiasts and their government allies have had to eat significant dirt, and scale back their grandiose but risible - to...

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Pollyanna Rhetoric, Proximate Futures and Realist's Primer on Health IT Realities in 2015

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Pollyanna Rhetoric, Proximate Futures and Realist's Primer on Health IT Realities in 2015

Unknown 4/27/2015 Komentar

Pollyanna statements about healthcare IT such as the following are still appearing, and are growing increasingly tiresome.  They are, at best, demonstrations of people with a fiduciary duty to have known better making...

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Former ONC Director David Blumenthal (Inadvertently?) Honest About EHRs in USA Today Story

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Former ONC Director David Blumenthal (Inadvertently?) Honest About EHRs in USA Today Story

Unknown 2/02/2015 Komentar

USA Today has published a story on health IT difficulties.  Read it in its entirety; it is fairly balanced, though mild, e.g., it omits mention of the ECRI Deep Dive study on patient harms (http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2013/02/peering-underneath-icebergs-water-level.html)...

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