A Simple Lesson for the Health IT Industry

Courtesy Health Care Renewal  Wed, 03/17/2010 - 09:39

From an Op Ed "Living with the Electronic Car " in today's Wall Street Journal:

"A Toyota executive recently explained to a Congressional committee investigating claims of uncontrolled acceleration: "We need to reduce the number of things we ask our customers to do correctly ." In fact, the exec was describing the essence of responsible engineering - though perhaps the balance in auto design has gotten out of whack."

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