Loss of Wisdom Hits Health Care Where it Hurts

Twenty-five hundred years ago, Sun Tzu (500 BC) asserted that with sufficient knowledge about yourself, your opponent and the environment, your victory would be assured. In our battles against rising health care costs and medical errors, this wisdom has been lost.

Knowledge- not technology- is the key to substantial gains in clinical care. Sun Tzu’s ancient wisdom that knowledge is the key to victory still rings true today. This wisdom needs to become a guiding principal for the HIT community...More

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http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
  • patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
  • transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
  • institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
  • vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.

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