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| Subject: Whatever the statists touch, turns to shit: OZschwitz health software brings risk of death Sun Oct 26, 2014 8:33 pm | |
| A new software program installed to manage medication doses at nine Queensland hospitals is likely to kill a patient within the next month, a Queensland Health risk report says.
Last Friday's report on the Metavision Intensive Care program advised the state government that the likelihood of the program causing preventable loss of life "is assessed as likely and expected to occur within the next month".
Health Minister Lawrence Springborg confirmed the report, which described the likelihood of a patient death at 60-90 per cent, to Fairfax Media on Sunday.
Concerns over the software were identified in the past month by the directors of the Intensive Care Units at the Princess Alexandra, Royal Children's and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/health-software-brings-risk-of-death-20141026-11c6nj.html#ixzz3HIimzepd |
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