Update on Electronic Medical Records
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Today’s LEGAL MEDICINE blog puts a renewed spotlight on the benefits of electronic medical records. It discusses a new study in the “Archives of Internal Medicine” that suggests that converting to such a system may help to curtail medical malpractice.
In local news, the GOTHAMIST notes that the family of an elderly Queens woman who was burned to death after a gas fireball exploded in her home has settled its negligence case against Con Ed for $3.75 Million dollars. Details are provided in today’s DAILY NEWS.
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throckmorton said:
The study in question is very flawed for many reasons. This was actually a survery that was done of physcians who had malpractice histories. The number of respondents was actually too low to reach statistical significance. It also was retrospective with no control of variables. It only looked at paid malpractice claims not actual medical errors and did not seperate out those physician specialties that are more exposed to malpractice suits such as neurosurg, ob/gyn etc. The only conclusion that was made by the study was that “the link between electronic medical records and malpractice suits needs to be looked are more carefully”.
This is a classic example of suggesting results from a study that are not supported by the study itself. Sort of a bait and switch.
November 26th, 2008 at 6:47 pm