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February, 2012
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Effort to Track Medical Safety Issues Faces Long Road Ahead

“Despite mounting concern over safety risks posed by digital medical records systems, government officials are years away from starting to track hazards stemming from use of the devices.
A federal advisory panel wants to create the first national database of medical software malfunctions and problems as a part of the Obama administration’s drive to spend billions of dollars in economic stimulus money helping doctors and hospitals adopt the technology.”

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Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, 25 March 2010

26 March 2010 | Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Devices, Health Information Technology, Safety, Technology errors
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