Scot Silverstein, MD
Scot Silverstein is a physician.
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This example of a disaster waiting to happen, in the form of an error-promoting CPOE, is a poster example of why the net of litigation needs to be cast far wider than just clinicians when EHR-related errors result in injury…
This example of a disaster waiting to happen, in the form of an error-promoting CPOE, is a poster example of why the net of litigation needs to be cast far wider than just clinicians when EHR-related errors result in injury or death.
This order entry screen, from a production system shows the following. In all fairness, I do note it’s unclear if the vendor or the customer’s configuration “experts” were responsible …
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EMR liability needs to go further than just the physician
Health technology
A reader, Dr. Scott Monteith, a psychiatrist, shared his thoughts on government-mandated 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Medical Records ('MU') with me after reading a number of my EHR posts, and asked if he could share his thoughts via Health Care…
A reader, Dr. Scott Monteith, a psychiatrist, shared his thoughts on government-mandated ‘Meaningful Use’ of Electronic Medical Records (‘MU’) with me after reading a number of my EHR posts, and asked if he could share his thoughts via Health Care Renewal.
Dr. Monteith is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University where he was chief resident.
He is a board certified psychiatrist, clinical assistant professor in the departments …
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Doctors find incentives elusive for meaningful use of electronic records
Health technology
At "Background On The 'Ecosystem' of Commercial Healthcare IT" I wrote: ... In reading about HIT difficulties it is important to understand the “ecosystem” of commercial health IT, that is, the identity and nature of the principal constituents and stakeholders,…
At “Background On The ‘Ecosystem’ of Commercial Healthcare IT” I wrote:
… In reading about HIT difficulties it is important to understand the “ecosystem” of commercial health IT, that is, the identity and nature of the principal constituents and stakeholders, and their interrelationships. Familiarity with this environment is useful in order to place the social and organizational issues affecting HIT diffusion in the proper context.
By implication, I made the case that the …
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The commercial health IT ecosystem and its implications for patients
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