To view the full article, please visit Nextgov.com: Jailed Man Narrowly Escapes Fatal Error in EHR

Problems with EHRs don’t happen only in jails—and many hospitals and clinics that  use EHR are prohibited from criticizing the products in public; ie many health technology vendors have ‘gag’ clauses in their contracts with users.  EHRs like this one can endanger patients’ lives and/or can be very difficult to use (many are NOT designed by clinicians who actually need to use them, can be very time consuming to use, make it hard to find needed information, etc, etc).