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I think your story is off topic, but really touching nonetheless (plenty of people are working on hospital software, even if it's largely pretty bad) Glad that

I think your story is off topic, but really touching nonetheless (plenty of people are working on hospital software, even if it's largely pretty bad) Glad that the worst that happened to your mom is that a nurse was confused about her food, rather than amputating the wrong leg or something (I wonder if faulty software has ever been the cause of this) I wonder if the situation with hospital software will ever improve

JJMcJ 4y ago
Not a software change but one reason you get asked a dozen times "Are you having your the nails on your left big toe clipped" (joke procedure in a hospital of course) is to help avoid exactly these errors. Is the patient who you think it is. Does the patient agree with what your procedure says to do. Often the area to be worked on (like the left big toe in my joke) is marked and the patient agreed with that marking. There are a number of other such safeguards, similar to pre-flight checklists in aviation. Institution these processes have greatly reduced treatment errors.
fhsm 4y ago
Not a wrong side surgery but history of harm is well established, eg: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/200498 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/200498 That both are older is either a sign that we are yet to recognize present harm or that things have improved. Check back in 20 years for clarity on that issue I guess.