Health IT in the dock

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Health IT in the dock

Jim Vause 2015

Jim Vause

IT, computer, broken connection

Who’s to blame if patients are harmed due to a lapse in one of the many computerised aids for medical decision-making, wonders Nelson GP Jim Vause

“So, Dr Chip, why did you fail to initiate treatment for Mr Bloggs?” “Your Honour, how was I to know that I had been programmed incorrectly. I m