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Valentina Lichtner

May 7th, 2015

‘drugs just stopped scheduling and fell off the drug chart’

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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Valentina Lichtner

May 7th, 2015

‘drugs just stopped scheduling and fell off the drug chart’

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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

There is something material in this description of the effects of a digital bug in the ePrescribing system that was piloted at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in 2004:

‘drugs just stopped scheduling and fell off the drug chart’

As if they physically fell and actively stopped appearing on time…

The full story on the eHealth Insider (recently renamed Digital Health.net ‘to reflect the changing face of healthcare IT and digital health and social care):

Going to the end of the line, 6 May 2015: http://www.digitalhealth.net/insight/analysis/1447/title

 

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Valentina Lichtner

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