Back to Paper After U.S. Coast Guard EHR Debacle: Proof of Hegel's Adage "We Learn From History That We Do Not Learn From History"?

I have become blue in the face writing about healthcare information technology mismanagement over the years.  In fact, the original focus of...

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Politico 2015: EHR sellers using “gag clauses” (despite Koppel/Kreda's 2009 JAMA article on EHR nondisclosure clauses, and my 2009 JAMA Letter to the Editor on how these clauses violate Joint Commission safety standards)

I have not blogged on EHR issues in some time, despite some interesting source material such as: " Evidence Summary: Electronic Health ...

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Challenging the meme that [yes, there are all these drastic flaws and problems - BUT] ... EHRs improve patient safety

One of the most persistent memes in healthcare IT is that, for all their deficits, bugs, flaws, interferences in care, and so forth, these s...

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Politico: Electronic record errors growing issue in lawsuits

The indefatigable Arthur Allen of Politico.com has authored a nice piece on the issue of EHRs being a cause of medical malpractice, with res...

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Another day, another EHR outage: MEDSTAR EHR goes dark for days

At my March 2, 2015 post " Rideout Hospital, California: CEO Pinocchio on quality of patient care during hospital computer crash ...

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