Almost 100 cases of patient harm have been linked to Queensland's new electronic medical record system in just over a year, including instances of patients being administered incorrect doses of drugs.
In other examples, a child at the same hospital was given incorrect morphine over the course of a day, an adult at the Mackay Hospital was mistakenly given more than double the required units of insulin and another patient at the Sunshine Coast was administered morphine in milligrams instead of micrograms.
I think that it is a mistake of the knowledge of the medical person concerned that the amount of the medicine administered by the digital disorder was mistaken. It is human to enter data into a computer. If you have any questions, you should check each other.🤖≠100%
Good journalism would be comparing before the electronic system was implemented and after. There were medication errors before this system! This just highlights poor work practice and not following policy from staff facts
Oh good they were deliberately killing the poor by not actively trying to save them because they were old or fat now their doing it to everyone QLDHealth
This is a deeply flawed, alarmist piece of fake news. The new system, based on electronic medical records, has been shown to reduce the cases of patient harm by a factor of at least 10 compared to the inefficient, paper based systems. Similar to finding in UK and elsewhere.
Personally I want treating specialists and hospital doctors to speak with my GP in person or by written referral. My records will never go public electronic.
Typical Australia buying on the cheap Hospitals and health systems in both the public and private sector are willing to pay big bucks to fund EHR implementations to optimize patient care delivery In 2017, Mayo Clinic – invested well over $1 billion in integrated EHR technology.
Ah Queensland! Perfect one day, Labor the next.
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