EHRs and Ebola in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital ED: the ED physician finally speaks out

At my Oct. 2, 2014 post "Did Electronic Medical Record-mediated problems contribute to or cause the current Dallas Ebola scare?" (http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2014/10/did-electronic-medical-record-mediated.html) I had written:While I have no evidence as to any role of EHRs in this seemingly strange, cavalier and incomprehensible medical decision to send this man home, resulting in potential exposure of numerous other individuals to Ebola (and I am certainly not in a position to have such evidence), I believe this possibility [that is, an EHR-related information snafu - ed.] needs to be investigated fully.  I then did an update:10/3/2014 Update:My suspicions were apparently correct.  [The hospital admitted an EHR role - ed.]Then, the hospital retracted its admission, blur and obfuscation broke loose in the press, and the situation became foggy.  See posts by Roy Poses and myself at query link http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/Ebola%20virus, including Dr. Poses' Nov. 24, 2014 post "Public Relations and the Obfuscation of Management Errors - Texas Health Resources Dodges its Ebola Questions" at http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2014/11/public-relations-and-obfuscation-of.html.Finally, the primary clinician involved speaks.  Do read the whole article, as it delves into behind-the-scenes issues:ER doctor discusses role in Ebola patient’s initial misdiagnosisBy REESE DUNKLIN and STEVE THOMPSONDallas Morning NewsDec. 6, 2014http://www.dallasnews.com/eb...
Source: Health Care Renewal - Category: Health Management Tags: AHRQ Ebola virus EPIC healthcare IT risk Joseph Howard Meier Silverstein EHR principle Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Source Type: blogs