Dozens of hospitals across the country lost access to crucial electronic medical records for about five hours during a major computer outage last week.
Errors like these are bound to happen whether the records are controlled electronically or any other way. Just like electronic records are lost due to computer outages, non-electronic records can be lost or altered in many different ways too. It’s about how people are prepared for it. There are several viable options as to procedures to recovering and/or securing specific information. They just need to be put into practice by all these different institutions utilizing this electronic system. The benefits of using electronic records exceed the risks…and they are preventable.
The article doesn’t actually address why trucking jobs are going begging. It merely suggests we don’t allow 200,000 Mexican truckers to immigrate and compete for American trucking jobs because we’re sentimental (presumably) about protecting jobs Americans (apparently) don’t want.
That said, I suspect Americans would willing take these jobs if the pay and working conditions were better. There is no such thing as a job Americans don’t want — only jobs Americans are willing to do for the prevailing wage.
I just read an article about the looming nursing shortage. Apparently it’s a travesty because the ratio of instructors to students has to be no greater than 10 students for every one instructor. Then, far down in the article, it says nursing instructors with PhDs earn about what a nurse with a BS degree — or about half what they would earn in actual nursing. Thus, the shortage is cause by university deans who aren’t willing to compete for labor. Rather, they hope to attract the few people who don’t care about money and want a job teaching.
I agree with @Dayana. Losing computer records during a major computer outage may initially seem like a reason to advocate against electronic medical records. However, the fact remains that the records were accessible after the computer outage ended. If human error had accidentally eliminated paper records, those are gone permanently. There will always be a risk with using electronic records and I’m not excusing what happened to cause this computer outage, but I still think that electronic medical records are the best solution.
I’m sorry, was that third link blaming the government for obesity because they’re trying, and admittedly failing, to support farmers producing capital goods?
In regards to the third article, the agricultural policies of the U.S. are terrible.
Errors like these are bound to happen whether the records are controlled electronically or any other way. Just like electronic records are lost due to computer outages, non-electronic records can be lost or altered in many different ways too. It’s about how people are prepared for it. There are several viable options as to procedures to recovering and/or securing specific information. They just need to be put into practice by all these different institutions utilizing this electronic system. The benefits of using electronic records exceed the risks…and they are preventable.
Why are trucking jobs going begging?
The article doesn’t actually address why trucking jobs are going begging. It merely suggests we don’t allow 200,000 Mexican truckers to immigrate and compete for American trucking jobs because we’re sentimental (presumably) about protecting jobs Americans (apparently) don’t want.
That said, I suspect Americans would willing take these jobs if the pay and working conditions were better. There is no such thing as a job Americans don’t want — only jobs Americans are willing to do for the prevailing wage.
About the trucking jobs…
I just read an article about the looming nursing shortage. Apparently it’s a travesty because the ratio of instructors to students has to be no greater than 10 students for every one instructor. Then, far down in the article, it says nursing instructors with PhDs earn about what a nurse with a BS degree — or about half what they would earn in actual nursing. Thus, the shortage is cause by university deans who aren’t willing to compete for labor. Rather, they hope to attract the few people who don’t care about money and want a job teaching.
I agree with @Dayana. Losing computer records during a major computer outage may initially seem like a reason to advocate against electronic medical records. However, the fact remains that the records were accessible after the computer outage ended. If human error had accidentally eliminated paper records, those are gone permanently. There will always be a risk with using electronic records and I’m not excusing what happened to cause this computer outage, but I still think that electronic medical records are the best solution.
I’m sorry, was that third link blaming the government for obesity because they’re trying, and admittedly failing, to support farmers producing capital goods?
I’m still not sold on EMRs.