And it's crap like that which is so frustrating, from a coder's perspective.
I'm about to code up a little dealie for timing medication, using iCal4j (and some already written code, woo...@!), since the calendaring PIM type apps I have won't let you do hourly repeats (although it's in the RFC, so I'm curious to see if they read 'em right). The pure computation stuff just doesn't have any excuse for being so crappy, ya know? Contra-indicators and whatnot are *not* high-level, complicated things to model. Building the needed redundant workflow into the process isn't alien terrain. Simply put, there's just no reason to not be utilizing the various tech that almost every teenager has available to them, in our hospitals. Heck, the intercom system /still/ sounds like crap, years and years later! Now, this is the "public" hospital, so it's probably far worse than some private deal, but still. Private deals can take care of themselves, and my tax dollars (lol) don't go to fund their institutions, so... eh. Whatever, I guess. Reform; system-wide reform; it's what's for dinner. :-)p -- The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds. Isaiah Berlin On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > One 'mistake' that those in the medical field make with frightenting > regularity is medication errors (wrong med, wrong dose and/or wrong > delivery). To me, that is completely inexcusable. We were taught to check a > med 3 times. Once when you pick it up, once when you draw it up and once > again right beifre you give it. > > In 14 years as a medic seeing literally thousands of patients in teh most > hectic of situations, I NEVER even came close to making that kind or error, > not even clos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:293419 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
