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February, 2012
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As Doctors Shift to Electronic Health Systems, Signs of Harm Emerge

“One day in March 2009, hospital workers misread small print on a computer screen, causing them to dispense 10 times the prescribed dose of a drug. Result: The patient has a heart attack.
Another time, a computer fails to alert doctors and nurses when a patient is moved from intensive care to their ward. Left unattended during the night, the patient suffers seizures for hours.”

Article
Fred Schulte, Emma Schwartz, Huffington Post, 20 April 2010

21 April 2010 | Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): Adverse Events, CPOE, Failure, Safety
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