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Oh, EMR systems kill patients all the time. Like, I’m not convinced “turn it off” isn’t an improvement.

• mr_toad 5y ago
  Poor record keeping practices in general have been linked to killing patients. Especially ones involving medication errors. It’s not like paper systems were perfect or even demonstrably better.
• game_the0ry 5y ago
  I hesitate to find it amusing that healthcare software is so busted that we laugh off the negative, fatal consequences.
  • tata71 5y ago
    No, the commenter isn't laughing or joking. They're that bad.
    • thfuran 5y ago
      Not having one at all is also bad.
      • throwawayboise 5y ago
        How so? "First, do no harm" is the foundation of medicine.
        • wereHamster 5y ago
          Not of software engineering though.
        • dragonwriter 5y ago
          > How so? Empirically, it's associated with a higher rate of medical errors, which is a big part of the drive for electronic records.
        • patmorgan23 5y ago
          Paper medical records systems cause errors/deaths for several similar reasons that electronic medical record systems. EMR's with all their faults are probably a net positive.
  • alisonkisk 5y ago