electronic medical record software

Dangerous Games and Health IT Feudalism

Health Care Renewal  Mon, 05/18/2009 - 12:22

I am reposting a provocative open letter from Ignacio Valdes, MD, MSc (a proponent of Open Software and proprietor of the LinuxMedNews blog) on the revelations about Health IT by Penn sociology professor Ross Koppel and by Washington Post reporter Robert O'Harrow, Jr.


 

On a Clinical IT Abomination and Health IT Leadership

Health Care Renewal  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 19:54

... If there ever was a reason for physicians, other clinicians and patients to oppose the use of Electronic Medical Records forced upon them by by third parties, here it is.

Assuming this story is accurate, it reflects what I believe will be an increasing trend towards control of the medical profession via computer: