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What Do Clinicians Find Frustrating About the Implementation of New Health IT Systems?
Thirty-seven percent of surveyed health care providers said the
implementation of new health IT systems can be frustrating because it
requires the memorization of additional passwords, and 31% said new
health IT systems can make their work processes take longer, according
to a survey by CDW Healthcare. More
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
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.