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> Koppel et al [16] document physicians ordering medications for the wrong patient because a computer was left on and the doctors didn’t realize it was open for
by woliveirajr 4y ago
> Koppel et al [16] document physicians ordering medications for the wrong patient because a computer was left on and the doctors didn’t realize it was open for a different patient
When you're in an environment with high stress (many decisions with huge consequences being made in a minutes/seconds timeframe in different simultaneous contexts), spending time with authentication has consequences. Not spending, too.
- happytoexplain 4y agoIn my day to day life using computers I get frustrated to the point of anger by the scarcity of systems designed and implemented holistically by talented people - I can't even imagine what it must be like using these systems while trying to do a physician's job.
- FredPret 4y agoSomeone once said "90% of sci-fi is crap". Sci-fi author Theodore Sturgeon then coined Sturgeon's Law which is that 90% of EVERYTHING is crap. I guess the moral of the story is to focus on, and try to be surrounded by, the 10%. Good luck to those poor doctors!
- wolverine876 4y agoThat reveals a common corollary: Whoever is speaking is always in the 10%. 90% of doctors aren't so hot either.
- krallja 4y agoYou know what they call the person who graduated last in their class in medical school? Doctor.