Politico 2015: EHR sellers using “gag clauses” (despite Koppel/Kreda's 2009 JAMA article on EHR nondisclosure clauses, and my 2009 JAMA Letter to the Editor on how these clauses violate Joint Commission safety standards)

I have not blogged on EHR issues in some time, despite some interesting source material such as:"Evidence Summary: Electronic Health Records (EHRs)" at http://www.ohri.ca/kta/docs/KTA-EHR-Evidence-Review.pdf ; "Electronic Health Records Software Often Written without Doctors' Input" at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/electronic-health-records-software-often-written-without-doctors-input/ ; and"Avoiding Expensive And Consequential Health Care Decisions Based On Weak Research Designs" [e.g., EHR expansion - ed.] at http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/08/31/avoiding-expensive-and-consequential-health-care-decisions-based-on-weak-research-designs/.These can be read at the links above, and are self-explanatory.A new Politico investigation and article, however, is worth writing about:  PoliticoDoctors barred from discussing safety glitches in U.S.-funded software Darius Tahir09/11/15 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/doctors-barred-from-discussing-safety-glitches-in-us-funded-software-213553President Barack Obama’s stimulus put taxpayers on the hook for $30 billion in electronic medical records, many of which have turned out to be technological disasters.But don’t expect to hear about the problems from doctors or hospitals. Most of them are under gag orders not to discuss the specific failings of their systems — even though poor technology in hospitals can have lethal consequences. [Change the "can" to "does", e.g., ECRI Deep Dive, http://hcre...
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