From my totally nonprofessional viewpoint, it looks like at least the first two of these hospital deaths were directly related to bad health IT

The Connecticut " Health I-Team " site (http://c-hit.org/data-mine/data-mine-hospital-inspection-reports/) provides access to a database sourced from the Connecticut Department of Public Health that includes reports of violations at Connecticut hospitals found during inspections, as well as corrective actions taken to prevent similar future violations.Their Mission Statement is as follows at http://c-hit.org/about/:Mission StatementThe non-profit Connecticut Health Investigative Team [C-HIT] is dedicated to producing original, responsible, in-depth journalism on issues of health and safety, in Connecticut and the surrounding region.Who We AreA team of award-winning journalists, based in Connecticut, who have come together to provide the public with informative stories about health, safety and medical issues.They ' ve reported the following athttp://c-hit.org/2016/10/05/states-latest-hospital-inspection-reports-available-on-c-hit/, dated Oct. 5, 2016:Several patient deaths, including the death of a newborn who was given an overdose of medication, were among various violations found at Connecticut hospitals, according to newly released inspection reports from state health officials.The reports, which can be found in C-HIT ’s Data Mine section, cover inspections that took place at hospitals statewide in late 2015 and the first four months of this year. Some of the violations detailed in the reports resulted in death and injuries to patients.Department of Public Healt...
Source: Health Care Renewal - Category: Health Management Tags: Connecticut Health I-Team EPIC Yale Medicine Yale-New Haven Hospital Source Type: blogs