Its Nice To Know It Was Not A Random Act Of God!

A week of so ago there was a report of so called ‘unexplained’ errors in the doses of medication being prescribed at a number of SA Health hospitals. Here is a link to the blog: https://aushealthit.blogspot.com/2021/05/this-sounds-all-very-strange-to-me-i.html We now have an update: Doctors told patients may have had 10 times intended drug dos e SA Health CEO Chris McGowan says a review is underway into a software glitch that added an extra digit on hospital scripts 10th May 2021 By Carmel Sparke Doctors at several large public hospitals have been warned that their patients may have received 10 times their medication dose in error after a software upgrade caused a “serious” computer glitch. An urgent memo was sent to clinicians at at least three SA hospitals on Wednesday night, warning them of problems with the Sunrise electronic medical records system, according to a statement from the Nursing and Midwifery Federation.  The “serious” issues... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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