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Why non-medical amateurs need to be kept away from authority roles in health IT ... lest their ignorance kill people

Posted by | 7:42 AM
This example of a disaster waiting to happen, in the form of an error-promoting CPOE, is a poster example of why the net of litigation needs...

Using a "Professionalism" Initiative as a Speech Code to Punish Students' Criticisms of Administrative Authority?

Posted by | 12:52 PM
The original impetus to set up Health Care Renewal was increasing evidence of external threats to physicians' professional values.  So ...

KevinMD: How algorithm driven medicine can affect (make more dangerous, actually) patient care

Posted by | 10:00 AM
Reposted from KevinMD blog on another aspect of the health IT mission hostile user experience . Emphases and comments in [red italics] are...

The EHR Mission Hostile User Experience, Part 10: Cerner Powerchart - via FDA's MAUDE Database

Posted by | 8:09 AM
"You should not have to work around something that is not in the way" - SS Some time ago, I'd written an eight part (later exp...

NIST on the EHR Mission Hostile User Experience: Blame the User? Nyet...

Posted by | 1:14 PM
I have often had to respond to those who claim that EHR's don't cause medical errors, users do. That subset of the health IT irrati...