More on Perversity in the HIT World

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Tue, 01/05/2010 - 09:19

At "Are Dissmissive Industry and Government Reactions to Physician Concerns about EHR's and other Clinical IT Simply Perverse?

" I observed that cavalier dismissals of physician reports on HIT unusability and difficulties fit quite well the definition of "perverse:"

Merriam-Webster dictionary:

Perverse (adj).
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French purvers, pervers , from Latin perversus , from past participle of pervertere
Date: 14th century

1 a : turned away from what is right or...

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