Health Information Technology

I am very surprised that hospital errors occur in such complex procedures where even a slight mistake can result in a death. It is unacceptable and really sad what happened to this young girl. It makes me think how many more errors, organ and blood mismatches occur. There is definite need for more comprehensive information technology system that handles organs, tissue, blood types. One would think that Duke University Medical Center was capable of providing the latest in technology to support the quality patient’s demand. Even with such technology in place there is always a human error. Accidents like these should not occur and they are the cause of increasing health care costs. When error is made, lawyers capitalize on these. The cost of procedures goes up, as the cost is passed to consumers. This is one of the reasons why our healthcare bills are growing and our healthcare premiums rising.