FAULTY HEALTH RECORDS AT VETERAN HEALTH CENTERS By Yannis Lemmens Head of I.T. department

What has been affected by this? These faulty health records have caused software malfunction at the Veterans Affairs health center around the United States. The result of this are incorrect drug doses, treatment and/or other medical errors. These faulty health records could be life threatening to the patient as they got wrong medicine doses and treatment, but no fatalities has occurred.

These faulty health records have caused software malfunction at the Veterans Affairs health center around the United States.

The result of this are incorrect drug doses, treatment and/or other medical errors.

These faulty health records could be life threatening to the patient as they got wrong medicine doses and treatment, but no fatalities has occurred.

Symptoms of these glitches Medical data popped up under another patients name on the monitor The computers also gave stop order for a treatment, this lead to cases of unnecessary doses of drugs One day nine reported cases were made public where patients in Veteran health centers got incorrect doses of heparin drips that were given 11 hours longer than normal Other cases involved other medical mixtures and were given 15 hours longer than planned. The doctors were positive that they didn’t harm their patient’s. The glitches began when the Veteran affairs health center upgraded their software in August and all the glitches lasted until December

Medical data popped up under another patients name on the monitor

The computers also gave stop order for a treatment, this lead to cases of unnecessary doses of drugs

One day nine reported cases were made public where patients in Veteran health centers got incorrect doses of heparin drips that were given 11 hours longer than normal

Other cases involved other medical mixtures and were given 15 hours longer than planned.

The doctors were positive that they didn’t harm their patient’s.

The glitches began when the Veteran affairs health center upgraded their software in August and all the glitches lasted until December

Information Technology at Veteran health centers Nearly 1/3 of all veteran health centers reported to see some malfunctions on their monitor VA’s acting secretary for information technology said that they decreased the number of glitches by checking on alternate systems By upgrading their databases the glitches began The hospitals only began reporting the reports in October, about 2 months after when the malfunction started.

Nearly 1/3 of all veteran health centers reported to see some malfunctions on their monitor

VA’s acting secretary for information technology said that they decreased the number of glitches by checking on alternate systems

By upgrading their databases the glitches began

The hospitals only began reporting the reports in October, about 2 months after when the malfunction started.

The Future… Safety checks are taking place regularly in order to improve the patients safety Notify personnel if glitches are occurring Create back ups of databases every 2 weeks

Safety checks are taking place regularly in order to improve the patients safety

Notify personnel if glitches are occurring

Create back ups of databases every 2 weeks

The End Thank you for your attention !