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DATE | 2007-06-12 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Why is healthcare software costing lives?
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From owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Tue Jun 12 08:22:03 2007 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l5CCM14g027568 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:22:03 -0400 Received: (from majordomo-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l5CCM15v027567 for hangout-outgoings; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:22:01 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: majordomo set sender to owner-hangout-at-nylxs.com using -f Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l5CCLwuF027564 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:22:00 -0400 Received: (from ruben-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l5CCLw0j027563 for hangout-at-nylxs.com; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:21:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:21:58 -0400 From: Ruben Safir To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Why is healthcare software costing lives? Message-ID: <20070612122158.GA27470-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk X-Evolution-Source: mbox:/var/mail/ruben X-Evolution: 00003eaa-0000 Content-Length: 1894 Lines: 35 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2140
Over the last few years I've had the oppurtunity to look up close hospital software from a number of institutions. The promise of software and digital systems to the healthcare system was improved healthcare, increased accountability, and focusing healthcare providers on healing the sick rather than ruffling the paperwork. Healthcare is all about information, the access of information, the production of medical education, the disemination of medical results, the statisitical analysis of medical procedures, and the application of firm medical principles and discovery to practicle problem solving in order to save lives and increase the quality of life.
And yet, studies are showing that the implimentation of Physician Order Entry is killing patients. Why?
This is going to be the first in a series of discussions on the problems with healthcare software, "Why is our software killing us in the hospital" from an insiders look of a healthcare provider with exensive IT expereince.
We will also be having an NYLXS open panel discussion on these issues in the near future.
Ruben -- http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
"Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"
"The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society."
"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.< You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attacted at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one."
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