Speculation about EHR role in Texas Ebola debacle vs. real evidence - will it take a lawsuit to know what's real? Probably.

In the past several days the media has been abuzz with stories about the admission, then the following retraction, by a Texas hospital that ...

Dallas Hospital reverses EHR-related explanation for fumbling Ebola case

At my Oct. 2, 2014 post " Did Electronic Medical Record-mediated problems contribute to or cause the current Dallas Ebola scare?" ...

Did Electronic Medical Record-mediated problems contribute to or cause the current Dallas Ebola scare?

[10/3/2014 Note:  my suspicions were correct - see addenda below.] This story merits special scrutiny in relation to EHR dangers (see for in...

Cart Before the Horse, Part 3: AHRQ's "Health IT Hazard Manager"

(Addendum: the AHRQ hazards manager taxonomy report can see seen at http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/HealthITHazar...