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> Software for dialysis machines A sizeable percentage of which is made without source control, unittests, and just slapped together like the rest you describe
by tsegratis 3y ago
> Software for dialysis machines
A sizeable percentage of which is made without source control, unittests, and just slapped together like the rest you described
Hospitals don't check software quality when making purchasing decisions (much beyond "this button doesn't work")
- Zanfa 3y ago> Hospitals don't check software quality when making purchasing decisions (much beyond "this button doesn't work") This! The worst piece of low quality garbage I've seen from the inside is hospital software. Nobody really cares or understands software on the hospital side, so anything goes. The product is inherently complex, so there are only a small number of large companies who don't care either since they can rely on customer lock-in, no matter how crappy their service is.
- tsegratis 3y agoA good book on the subject "Fix IT: See and solve the problems of digital healthcare" https://www.waterstones.com/book/fix-it/harold-thimbleby/9780198861270 https://www.waterstones.com/book/fix-it/harold-thimbleby/978...
- SanderNL 3y agoWow, sickening. I guess something like certified engineering may alleviate some of these issues. If we build bridges like this.. oh.
- grishka 3y agoThe thing with software in which bugs can kill people is that if there is a bug and it does kill or hurt someone, the engineers who made this bug will be charged with a felony.