A Very Large EHR Implementation In The US Appears To Be Going Rather Badly And Becoming Political!.

This popped up a few days ago:  ‘We took a broken system and just broke it completely’ Trump touted a project to make veterans’ health care seamless, but some doctors say it’s a disaster.By ARTHUR ALLEN03/08/2018 05:05 AM ESTPresident Donald Trump last year hailed a multibillion-dollar initiative to create a seamless digit al health system for active duty military and the VA that he said would deliver “faster, better, and far better quality care.” But the military’s $4.3 billion Cerner medical record system has utterly failed to achieve those goals at the first hospitals that went online. Instead, technical glit ches and poor training have caused dangerous errors and reduced the number of patients who can be treated, according to interviews with more than 25 military and Veterans Affairs health IT specialists and doctors, including six who work at the four Pacific Northwest military medical facilities that rolled out the software over the past year.Four physicians at Naval Station... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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