If you go to the original post linked in it from computerworld, you'll have a different impression on that research. I am amazed nobody commented about this so far (although I haven't read all comments). Regardless of it all being well done or not, it is very sensate if you read it through, unlike the slashdot text from Lucas, which generated some angry comments.
It is true the research showed computers don't save money for hospitals. Absolute majority of them, but not all. And Dr. David Himmelstein quote is also there, but in the end, after everything else was explained. Anyway I don't blame Lucas123 for the same reason I won't try to sum it up. It is a complicated subject. Just wanted to point people to actually go and read the source.
I will just say that it is evident computers are bluntly necessary nowadays and there is no way for any research to show otherwise. Of course the only way to truly show computers are not a good option, in that case, is to have at least two similar hospitals running side by side, one computer-less. And nobody will do this as it is clear water that the second won't be sustainable.
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But the whole text is not.
If you go to the original post linked in it from computerworld, you'll have a different impression on that research. I am amazed nobody commented about this so far (although I haven't read all comments). Regardless of it all being well done or not, it is very sensate if you read it through, unlike the slashdot text from Lucas, which generated some angry comments.
It is true the research showed computers don't save money for hospitals. Absolute majority of them, but not all. And Dr. David Himmelstein quote is also there, but in the end, after everything else was explained. Anyway I don't blame Lucas123 for the same reason I won't try to sum it up. It is a complicated subject. Just wanted to point people to actually go and read the source.
I will just say that it is evident computers are bluntly necessary nowadays and there is no way for any research to show otherwise. Of course the only way to truly show computers are not a good option, in that case, is to have at least two similar hospitals running side by side, one computer-less. And nobody will do this as it is clear water that the second won't be sustainable.
and people thought entropy could never be reversed... how could there be a big bang and no big gnab?