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

Posted by | 7:34 AM
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...

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")

Posted by | 10:19 AM
At my July 12, 2013 post "RNs Say Sutter’s New Electronic System Causing Serious Disruptions to Safe Patient Care at East Bay Hospitals...

RNs Say Sutter’s New Electronic System Causing Serious Disruptions to Safe Patient Care at East Bay Hospitals

Posted by | 11:00 AM
Add the following from Sutter East Bay Hospitals to nurses' and physicians' complaints at Marin General Hospital ( http://hcrenewa...

Marin General Hospital nurses warn that new computer system is causing errors, call for time out

Posted by | 9:08 AM
- Posted on the Healthcare Renewal Blog May 17, 2013 - Of course, the ever-present euphemism for life-threatening EHR malfunctions and defec...

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

Posted by | 5:36 AM
In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was this story of yet another EHR " glitch ": March 9, 2013 12:17 am   Human error the cause of UPM...

Allegheny Health System Computer Crash (Again) and Paper Backups

Posted by | 7:40 AM
I reported on a health IT crash in my May 2011 post " Twelve Hour Health IT Glitch at Allegheny General Hospital - But Patients Unaffec...

UK: Another Example of IT Malpractice With Bad Health IT (BHIT) Affecting Thousands of Patients, But, As Always, Patient Care Was "Not Compromised"

Posted by | 5:47 AM
At my Dec. 2011 post " IT Malpractice? Yet Another "Glitch" Affecting Thousands of Patients. Of Course, As Always, Patient C...

From the University of Chicago EHR Helpdesk Call Line

Posted by | 6:17 AM
I was alerted this morning (Aug. 23rd) to this message currently in the telephone message of the CBIS [Chicago Biomedicine Information Servi...

ONC and Misdirection Regarding Mass Healthcare IT Failure

Posted by | 7:40 PM
In my keynote address to the Health Informatics Society of Australia in Sydney recently, I cautioned attendees including those in government...

Massive Health IT Outage: But, Of Course, Patient Safety Was Not Compromised

Posted by | 11:08 PM
Having been 'Down Under' in Sydney addressing the Health Informatics Society of Australia on the need to slow down their national he...

North Bristol Hits Appointment Problems: Another "Our Lousy IT Systems Screwed Up, But Patient Safety Was Never Compromised" Story

Posted by | 6:56 AM
At my Dec. 2011 post " IT Malpractice? Yet Another "Glitch" Affecting Thousands of Patients. Of Course, As Always, Patient C...

IT Malpractice? Yet Another "Glitch" Affecting Thousands of Patients. Of Course, As Always, Patient Care Was "Not Compromised."

Posted by | 10:14 AM
At my Nov. 2011 post " Lifespan (Rhode Island): Yet another health IT glitch affecting thousands - that, of course, caused no patie...