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> Hospitals should be able to run without computer systems I suspect that they can -but- they're probably concerned about legal issues - if everything isn't lo
by zimpenfish 6y ago
> Hospitals should be able to run without computer systems
I suspect that they can -but- they're probably concerned about legal issues - if everything isn't logged in or authorised by the system and something goes wrong, someone (and I by no means mean to imply you here!) at some point will launch a legal claim over that mistake.
[Edit: Which is also not mean to defend the hospitals for taking this position - I think it's daft but I can understand there may be reasons for it.]
- gommm 6y agoWell in this case, they only told us about the computer issue as a justification after the fact, they never told my father when he was in the emergency. If my father had been redirected to another hospital instead of being left there to wait for hours until his situation became critical, I would have been happier with them..
- userbinator 6y agoI suspect that they can -but- they're probably concerned about legal issues Then the law should have a "best effort" provision. I believe aviation regulations have a similar thing, where the pilot doing anything possible in a best-effort attempt to survive or minimise casualties, including violating other regulations, is itself explicitly permitted.
- zimpenfish 6y ago> Then the law should have a "best effort" provision. Yep, I'd probably agree with that.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoOK but killing a patient by refusing treatment is also a legal risk.
- zimpenfish 6y ago> OK but killing a patient by refusing treatment is also a legal risk. Sure but I think a lot of people would not see "we're not sure it's safe to do the surgery, let's wait" as "killing a patient" especially when you're probably going to find it hard to find anyone who'll say it was safe to do at the time.