Sen. Grassley said he has learned of problems with health IT systems, including administrative complications, formatting and usability issues, errors and interoperability.
For example, one piece of IT software miscalculated body weights by interchanging kilograms and pounds, leading to incorrect medication dosages.
Sen. Grassley said healthcare providers “have expressed frustration about the response, or lack of, they get when they take those kinds of problems to the vendors or the hospital administration.”
Read Sen. Grassley’s release on health IT.
