Report: Kaiser Computer Glitches May Harm Patients
Repeated technical problems have hampered Kaiser Permanente's $4-billion effort to computerize medical records and has lead to potentially dangerous incidents involving patients, according to a published report citing hospital documents and current and former employees.More here.
Kaiser officials acknowledge the digital effort, called Health Connect, has had technical challenges, but say those have been resolved and patients should feel safe getting care at any Kaiser facility, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
Kaiser's effort, one of the largest and most ambitious electronic medical records projects in the country, is seen as a possible national model. President Bush is pushing for every American to have an electronic medical record by 2014.
The documents obtained by the newspaper show that at times, doctors and medical staff haven't had access to crucial patient information and system outages have led to delays in emergency room care.
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