Stone Age Health Care

"The inability, and reluctance, of doctors and hospitals to use information technology more widely is killing thousands of people."

The Economist
Special Report: IT in the Health-Care Industry


As the son of a general practitioner and author of a book on the future of technology, I can only shake my head at this. Read the article and weap, folks. The full piece is here:

http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3909439&subjectID=348909