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

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A report " Quality and Safety Implications of Emergency Department Information Systems " appeared in the Oct. 2013 issue of "...

A New And Quite Perverse Hospital Ploy to Defend Medical Malpractice - Blame the Dead Patient? Two Examples

Posted by | 7:07 PM
I did not think hospitals would ever get to the level of perversity, in defense of EHRs and EHR-related malpractice, seen herein. Just a few...

Who Would Have Thought, Comrades, That The Most Severe Form of Attempted Internet Censorship Could Originate in a Community Hospital, Abington Memorial, That Alleges Itself A Non-Profit Public Servant?

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I would not have thought such an attempt at abridgement of fundamental American rights could originate in a local hospital, until this Motio...

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...

Hospital defense maliciousness, aided and abetted by attorneys who ignore the ABA and Pennsylvania's Ethical Rules of Conduct Regarding "Candor Towards the Tribunal"

Posted by | 9:58 AM
At Healthcare Renewal we've written of hospitals' deviations from the core mission of compassionate, ethical and safe patient care, ...

An Expensive Healthcare Computing Mistake: $1.5 Million

Posted by | 12:40 PM
At my June 2011 post " Babies' deaths spotlight safety risks linked to computerized systems " I reported on a case (case #2) o...