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More "anecdotes" of health IT-related errors - System errors with Victoria's trouble-plagued HIT program caused more than 100 medication mix-ups at two Melbourne hospitals

Posted by | 3:21 PM
There are those in the field of health IT who see every health IT-related mishap as an "anecdote" - the " anecdotalists ...

Proof positive of government incompetence and recklessness in information technology - H.R.3303 - Bipartisan call for exemption of health IT from the FD&C Act

Posted by | 7:46 AM
Here's proof positive of government incompetence and recklessness in information technology. A new proposed bill that would exempt healt...

Quality and Safety Implications of Emergency Department Information Systems: ED EHR Systems Pose Serious Concerns, Report Says

Posted by | 7:03 AM
A report " Quality and Safety Implications of Emergency Department Information Systems " appeared in the Oct. 2013 issue of "...

An Open Letter to David Bates, MD, Chair, ONC FDASIA Health IT Policy Committee on Recommendations Against Premarket Testing and Validation of Health IT

Posted by | 6:54 AM
From http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/federal-advisory-committees-facas/fdasia : The Food and Drug Administration Saf...

Study Explains Errors Caused by EHR Default Values - With Only Four Reports of "Temporary" (By the Grace of God) Patient Harm

Posted by | 12:52 PM
From Health Data Management and the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority : Study Explains Errors Caused by EHR Default Value Joseph Goedert...

Calling Dr. Moe, Dr. Larry and Dr. Curly: Advocate Medical Breach of Four Million Patient Records, and No Encryption

Posted by | 8:16 AM
At my Oct. 2011 post " Still More Electronic Medical Data Chaos, Pandemonium, Bedlam, Tumult and Maelstrom: But Don't Worry, Your ...

A Good Way to Cybernetically Harm or Kill Emergency Department Patients ... Via An ED EHR "Glitch" That Mangles Prescriptions

Posted by | 1:26 PM
Yet another healthcare IT "glitch" - that banal little word used for potentially life-threatening software defects.  (See the que...

A War on Patients: Panel Says EHRs Should Not Be Vetted Before Marketing and Deployment

Posted by | 4:42 AM
"First, do harm - it's a learning experience, and injured or dead patients are just a bump in the road, anyway" - the apparent...

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

Posted by | 3:40 PM
At " Another Health IT "Glitch" - Can Digital Disappearing Ink Kill Patients? " just yesterday, on August 5, 2013, I wro...

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

Posted by | 9:09 AM
Yes, it can. There's been yet another "glitch" in the world of health IT (see http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/glitc...

Is ONC's definition of "Significant EHR Risk" when body bags start to accumulate on the steps of the Capitol?

Posted by | 9:03 AM
In a June 25, 2013 Bloomberg News article " Digital Health Records’ Risks Emerge as Deaths Blamed on Systems " by technology repor...

SILVERSTEIN v. ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: MOTION TO PROHIBIT COMMENTARY ABOUT THIS LITIGATION TO ANY PUBLIC CONTEXT: Do computers have more rights than patients?

Posted by | 11:02 AM
Herein is an issue of potential Internet censorship and/or attempted prior restraint of the rights of a citizen to express him/herself fre...