Hospital IT approval has no path for clinician-built tools
Six years ago, a man pulled off a highway in rural Washington because his chest hurt. The ER physician called Gautam, the cardiologist on call, 120 miles away. Nearly twenty minutes passed before he had the ECG. In rural Washington in 2019, you send an ECG by fax. By the time Gautam reviewed it and called back, the patient was coding. He died.
That story is about a fax machine. It …
Hospital IT approval has no path for clinician-built tools
