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HL7 3.0 is a step in the right direction, and hopefully we'll see more modular EMR systems with the new mandates for 'meaningful use.' My cofounder and I are c

• J3L2404 16y ago
  Foolishness is a harsh word, but when loved ones are involved it tends to get emotional. Some of the problems I've seen are: 1) Tests, often uncomfortable, which were already done, only stopped because I informed the staff that they had been run only hours earlier. 2) Medicines which had been marked as not to be administered due to adverse reactions, readministered due to lack of documentation or notification. 3) Physical disks containing MRI data transferred personally, but utterly useless because of format problems
• ebiester 16y ago
  Did they pull back some of the needless complexity later? I only remember shuddering in 2003 or so when I first saw the drafts, and this was after working on v2!