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LETTERS: Warren J Winkelman Evaluating computerised health information systems: Opportunities were missed BMJ 2003; 327: 162-b-163-b [Full text]

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Healthcare IT mismanagement

Scot M Silverstein, MD   (12 August 2003)

Healthcare IT mismanagement 12 August 2003
Scot M Silverstein, MD, industry 19486 Send response to journal: Re: Healthcare IT mismanagement	One word that is not used often enough regarding health IT failure is the word "mismanagement." Letting the issues described in this letter occur is, above all, a management failure. A set of case reports about healthcare IT failure due to mismanagement, collected from colleagues in the field of applied Medical Informatics, might be of interest. These are at http://www.hilbert.key- space.de/mismanagement.html Sincerely, Scot Silverstein, MD Competing interests:   None declared