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Jun 30, 2021

Patient-centeredness; the Panacea for CMS? (Pt 2 of CMS series)

Background In my previous article, I argued that a CMS should be patient-centered and not administrator or clinician-focused. We have patient-centered care, patient-centered communication, why should a CMS be any different? The problem is administrator or clinician-centric system is that these tend to serve the purposes of one group of service…

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Patient-centeredness; the Panacea for CMS? (Pt 2 of CMS series)

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May 16, 2021

Too many masters: CMS’s greatest weakness. (Pt 1 of CMS series)

It’s perhaps been my biggest bugbear with hospital work; Clinic Management Systems (CMS). The bane of my existence when I was working in almost every department over a range of hospitals. In a great article on “Why Doctors Hate Their Computers” Atul Gawande described how IT systems create more work…

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Too many masters: CMS’s greatest weakness. (Pt 1 of CMS series)

Healthcare

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Mar 31, 2021

Human error or Design error?

Recently, a healthcare provider received 5 times the dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Singapore*. The article cites an investigation that showed it was due to human error resulting from a communication lapse. I’m glad to hear the staff is doing well and at low risk of a significant adverse…

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