“There’s two major problems with this, and they’re related. The first is that any significant healthcare software is configurable and customisable. Some software packages are so configurable that they’re actually sold as source code, not a compiled product, and the implementor hires programmers to make the software work for them. Software like that, you can only certify a running installation. But who decides which software needs certification per installation – which is very much more expensive – and which doesn’t, and how do they decide?”
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Health Intersections, 19 April 2011
