Showing posts with label healthcare IT safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthcare IT safety. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Health IT Caused Death & Injury, Extent Unknown, But Regulation Bad Since it Would Slow Government's Campaign To Spur Widespread Adoption

[Note: the hyperlinks in this posting are very informative, so do check them - ed.] A workgroup of the Healthcare IT Policy Committee, a f...
Health IT Caused Death & Injury, Extent Unknown, But Regulation Bad Since it Would Slow Government's Campaign To Spur Widespread Adoption Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

FDA on Health IT Adverse Consequences: 44 Reported Injuries And 6 Deaths In Two Years, Probably Just 'Tip of Iceberg'

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT held a meeting of the HIT Policy Committee , Adoption/Certification Workgroup on Febr...
FDA on Health IT Adverse Consequences: 44 Reported Injuries And 6 Deaths In Two Years, Probably Just 'Tip of Iceberg' Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

FDA Asks Hospitals to Report Safety Glitches in Digital Health Systems

A theme of my writings on this blog and on my teaching site for the past decade has been mismanagement of healthcare information technology...
FDA Asks Hospitals to Report Safety Glitches in Digital Health Systems Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Third-Party Reviews of Medical Devices Come Under Scrutiny at the FDA - Except Healthcare IT Medical Devices, Which Get Special Accommodation

This WSJ article caught my eye: Third-Party Reviews of Devices Come Under Scrutiny at the FDA March 15, 2010 By ALICIA MUNDY and JARED...
Third-Party Reviews of Medical Devices Come Under Scrutiny at the FDA - Except Healthcare IT Medical Devices, Which Get Special Accommodation Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

A Simple Lesson for the Health IT Industry

From an Op Ed " Living with the Electronic Car " in today's Wall Street Journal: "A Toyota executive recently explaine...
A Simple Lesson for the Health IT Industry Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

If The Benefits Of Healthcare IT Can Be Guesstimated, So Can And Should The Dangers

In 2005 the RAND corporation ‘guesstimated’ figures for healthcare IT benefits based on existing, limited data sets ( http://www.rand.org/pu...
If The Benefits Of Healthcare IT Can Be Guesstimated, So Can And Should The Dangers Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

A Short, Pithy, Open Letter to the National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. David Blumenthal

Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:17 AM To: David.Blumenthal@hhs.gov Cc: fschulte@huffpostfund.org; 'Ross Koppel'; 'Just...
A Short, Pithy, Open Letter to the National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. David Blumenthal Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

David Blumenthal on health IT safety: nothing to see here, move along

At " FDA on Health IT Adverse Consequences: 44 Reported Injuries And 6 Deaths In Two Years, Probably Just Tip of Iceberg " I wrote...
David Blumenthal on health IT safety: nothing to see here, move along Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Meaningful Use Final Rule: Have the Administration and ONC Put the Cart Before the Horse on Health IT?

Meaningful use before meaningful usability ? The Dept. of HHS today has released the final version of "Meaningful Use" rules on...
Meaningful Use Final Rule: Have the Administration and ONC Put the Cart Before the Horse on Health IT? Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

FDA MAUDE Database: Patient Outcome - Death

I present another health IT problem case from the FDA's voluntary MAUDE ( Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience ) database b...
FDA MAUDE Database: Patient Outcome - Death Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH: "Let's be patient" with experimental devices that harm patients

At an interview of Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH, FHIMSS, former Chairman of the Board of health IT trade group HIMSS and chief medical officer o...
Barry Chaiken, MD, MPH: "Let's be patient" with experimental devices that harm patients Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown