Some experts say the PinnacleHealth-Cerner battle is among the first of what could become an avalanche of legal battles over EHRs and patient safety. For years, many patient safety advocates have warned that EHR systems carry numerous potential risks due to their poor design and the ease with which data entry errors can lead to medical mistakes.
Last year, 35 professional medical associations sent a letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS warning that EHRs were raising serious patient safety concerns. And now lawsuits are making hard allegations.
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