One field in a database is of course a bit of a caricature, but it does seem like a good example of how dysfunctional the medical software system field is. A si

One field in a database is of course a bit of a caricature, but it does seem like a good example of how dysfunctional the medical software system field is. A single installation of these things can cost literally a billion dollars, yet such straightforward (seeming) things can't be implemented. It's not apples to apples, but that whole Linux kernel is estimated to be "worth" around a single EPIC installation is just bonkers.