The electronic health records software was anticipated by many to be a solution to health records systems in hospitals and thus providing better reforms in health care. Most enthusiasts of this software ensured that they were on the front line of acquiring and installing the software in their institutions to benefit from the solutions invented. However, the results expected weren’t to be as several doctors realized that the software doesn’t have perfection when it comes to dosages and drug prescriptions tracking, a thing that cause a lot of safety concerns. Electronic health records specialists reported that such a software can even kill patients. A whistle blower took the matter as a lawsuit against the inventor institution citing it a safety concern.
The long era of paper medical records needed to be removed and another better era of digital era be rolled out. Millions of dollars were put into the new digital era roll out with an hope that the medical eras caused by illegible paper records could be cut down. The tax money put into this EHRs was meant to ensure the systems were installed in hospitals. The EHRs providers had to appear before a scrutiny panel and demonstrate the performance of the software on specific areas that the government had assigned. During the certification test, a health technologist saw the fraud coming and recorded that the software had many weaknesses. His reservations were on the way the tests were superficial that anyone who wanted to game could.
A psychiatrist who served as an early certification juror noticed that the system wasn’t as efficient as imagined as it took more than 3o minutes to perform a task that can be done by ordinary computer programs in seconds. In the long run, the vendors were given a large amount of money as they passed the test and obtained certification. Though the system isn’t anyway better, the vendors obtained lots of money and this was a mistake by the government. The whistle blower suits claims that the vendors didn’t supply the software that they had displayed during the certification. It was also claimed that the vendors rigged the tests to win the certification and lie to the government. Most EHRs providers have been accused of this thing though they have denied and others couldn’t comment on the matter.
Several doctors did attest that the software posed health hazards including cases where patients could go home with wrong instructions, doses of drugs. All the allegations put forth broke out and even the more than 30 vendors couldn’t respond to questions, a sign that they are aware of the fraud. You should also report any cases of frauds concerning these systems.
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