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A Pound of Cure (Value/Importance of Electronic Medical Records)
- skmurphy 17y agoJay Parkinson in his comments http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22852/ http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22852/ on this concludes with: This is criminal. People are dying every day because life and death healthcare runs on handwritten notes. 100,000 people die every year due to medication errors. Of course! As the number of meds a person is on increases, the more likely a fatal interaction, overdose, or incorrectly written prescription will occur. What if we "allowed" the airline industry to run on paper? Are we willing to tolerate 400 Air France crashes per year? Why does the medical industry get away with this? I’d like to start a movement. Don’t go to doctors or hospitals that don’t use electronic medical records. They are simply unsafe and hazardous to your health.