Interesting Snippets from 2012-05-24

• Medical devices: A ticking time-bomb | The Economist

  It is impossible to say how many could be blamed on unsynchronised devices. The reason is that the information is hard to pin down. If the data in the EMR do not match the doctor's recollection, it is impossible to say which erred, man or machine. Not everyone will photograph the wayward clock, as Mr Goldman did with the clotting machine's.

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