Wholeheartedly agree. I guess the real value is we now have an honest benchmark! ...thx/t > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Dal Molin > Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 10:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Archives of Internal Medicine Article > > IMHO this is exactly what is going on....the article does not say VistA > is the culprit....it's just the messenger...the real message is that > VistA is the "canary in the coal mine" as far as the rest of the health > system is concerned. Just imagine what the situation is like everywhere > else that doesn't have the VA's capabilities or their transparency.... > > > > Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > > Without reading the article, I suspect that the high > > rate of reported errors might in part be due to an > > excellect error tracking and reporting system--i.e. a > > reporting bias. > > > > Our hospital does not have a decision support system, > > and it is not using VistA. And yet it might not > > report as many errors. > > > > Kevin > > > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>The May 23rd issue of the Archives of Internal > >>Medicine had an article about > >>the high rates of adverse drug related events noted > >>in a VA Hospital. The > >>lack of decision support for selection, dosing and > >>monitoring was cited as a > >>deficiency in the EMR that if corrected, might > >>prevent some of these > >>problems. The presence of drug interaction checking > >>was mentioned. > >> > >>The abstract is here. > >> > >> > > > > http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/165/10/1111 > > > >>It is my understanding that there is some decision > >>support already present in > >>VistA but it is less than the ideal according to > >>this article > >> > >>I doubt any record system out there is ideal, but I > >>can see this as something > >>that will be cited as a reason not to adopt VistA . > >>I bring it to your > >>attention so you will not be surprised by this also > >>so that we can work > >>toward adding more decision support to VistA with > >>the help of the medical > >>community as it grows. > >> > >>I am hoping that the release of VistA Office and the > >>web site that will come > >>with it will be a place for the VIstA users to > >>debate and contribute > >>specific decision support suggestions as well as > >>templates, clinical > >>reminders, etc. I hope that users within the VA > >>will also be willing to > >>contribute and that this will lead to improvements > >>in VistA for everyone's > >>benefit. > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Nancy Anthracite > >> > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > >>Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create > >>apps using Yahoo! > >>Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! > >>directly into your own > >>Applications - visit > >> > > > > http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > > > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Hardhats-members mailing list > >>[email protected] > >> > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site > > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! > > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > > Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg- > q22005 > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > . > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
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