Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 25th January, 2020.

Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/01/electronic-prescription-error-lead-to-womans-death-coroner-finds/Electronic prescription error lead to woman ’s death, coroner findsA woman died after a mix-up with an electronic prescription caused her to continue taking the wrong medication for an infection, a coroner has found.Andrea Downey – 15 January, 2020David Urpeth, assistant coroner for South Yorkshire West, said “there is a risk that futur e deaths will occur unless action is taken”.Sandra Dawne Scott was prescribed the drug trimethoprim for a urine infection by clinicians at Royal Hallamshire Hospital.On the same day, 18 April 2019, her GP saw the results of an earlier urine test she had taken that showed an infection that... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - Category: Information Technology Authors: Source Type: blogs