“During the last week of January 2009 a faulty electronic, networked, health information data model nearly killed me despite its vaunted status as a component of two state-of-the-art, health information systems at two of the world’s most advanced medical facilities. This will come as no surprise to healthcare IT experts because health information is inherently complex, medical science develops extraordinarily rapidly, patient interactions are intensely personal, and the number of data types and sheer volumes of healthcare data explode prodigiously with new tests, instruments, and treatments.”
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Joe Bugajski, Analysis from the Bottom Up, 17 March 2009
