tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post7961221951029211598..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Philadelphia VA Hospital Brachytherapy Debacle: For The Want of One Competent and Industrious IT PersonRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-9325652199529771182009-07-22T09:58:45.840-04:002009-07-22T09:58:45.840-04:00Multiple people failed here, including executives,...Multiple people failed here, including executives, physicians, safety officers, etc. I believe responsibility needs to be fairly assigned. However, IT needs to be included. I've witnessed or heard about too many HIT incidents where IT personnel and leadership remained scot-free when their behavior and attitudes were contributors or root causes.<br /><br />As per my letter to the editor InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-72720024276067453782009-07-21T17:18:01.818-04:002009-07-21T17:18:01.818-04:00Its been sometime since I've been around but f...Its been sometime since I've been around but figured this one warranted a definite response.<br /><br />Whatever the reason is, it may be a cost issue like the first commenter said. I'll agree, the hardware acquisition process in hospitals is a bit ridiculous, for instance they wouldn't pay for a network card for a system that monitored their mission critical systems, instead we as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-89313956360939582082009-07-21T09:57:17.738-04:002009-07-21T09:57:17.738-04:00Some anonymous poster wrote:
This sounds more lik...Some anonymous poster wrote:<br /><br /><i>This sounds more like various departments attempted to avoid using their budget to pay for the install of a new network port. Cable and the labor to install are not free.</i><br /><br />Thanks for adding a new possible reason. It is possible that for the want of a small interdepartmental account transfer, a significant number of of patients were exposed InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-77297049995292076932009-07-20T19:39:29.933-04:002009-07-20T19:39:29.933-04:00Such negligent conduct is part and parcel of hospi...Such negligent conduct is part and parcel of hospitals and HIT vendors. They, and patient safety departments, are in receipt of hundreds, perhaps thousands of complaints about dysfunctions that put patients at risk. Is anything done about these complaints? nooooooo or rarelyyyyy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-52099906359799803212009-07-20T15:50:23.393-04:002009-07-20T15:50:23.393-04:00"Then, various departments dithered and ducke..."Then, various departments dithered and ducked a request for an additional network port" <br /><br />This sounds more like various departments attempted to avoid using their budget to pay for the install of a new network port. Cable and the labor to install are not free. <br /><br />Calling it "laziness" doesnt identify root cause. It also does nothing to forward your demand Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com