“It’s been 19 years since the prestigious Institute of Medicine urged greater adoption of computer systems in healthcare, and more than six years since then-President George W. Bush declared, “By computerizing health records, we can avoid dangerous medical mistakes, reduce costs and improve care.”
So, how are we doing so far?
There are positive signs at places like Methodist Dallas Medical Center, which has a nearly foolproof way to make sure the right drug gets to the right patient in the right dose at the right time: It uses bar-code technology to clear all medications through a computerized program.”
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Mary K. Pratt, Computerworld, 22 November 2010
