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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:09 am ]
Post subject:  One in ten electronic medical records contain errors: doctor

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... ctors.html

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Doctors in Birmingham have found that 10 per cent of the records that have been uploaded so far contained out-of-date information including errors on current medication patients are taking or drugs they are allergic to.
These mistakes could put patients at risk if doctors relied on the information in an emergency and administered a drug they were allergic to or gave them a medicine which interacts with one they are already taking.
The system must be halted as it is not safe, doctors said.

Author:  pcernie [ Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: One in ten electronic medical records contain errors: doctor

I suppose the data is only as good as the person entering it...

And the computers should flash up some sort of warning that, 'If patient is on X, for God's sake don't give them Y'.

Now I'd happily see the man dead, but every so often my dad goes to the doctor's with a printed list of the tablets he's taking so as to keep their records updated :lol:

He actually bought one of those 'medication dictionaries' you see in book shops and doesn't take a prescription until he's checked it in that or Googled it...

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: One in ten electronic medical records contain errors: doctor

It will also lead to a legal settlement for negligence against the hospital or doctor.

Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: One in ten electronic medical records contain errors: doctor

Given that doctors were against this in the first place, I'm not surprised. The entire thing an enormous, expensive elephant.

Author:  Paul1965 [ Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: One in ten electronic medical records contain errors: doctor

I've opted out of my records being available online.

Author:  jonbwfc [ Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: One in ten electronic medical records contain errors: doctor

cloaked_wolf wrote:
The entire thing an enormous, expensive elephant.

It's not even that good. I'm fairly sure the NHS computer will forget at least a few records before they put it out of our misery...

Jon

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