This maybe of interest to some...

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for April 11 is now online at:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20050411.html


Abdul

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Dear All

The guru on interface design has picked up a recent paper in JAMA about
errors by using a hospital order-entry system.

Look at his comments.

Jan Talmon

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for April 11 is now online at:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20050411.html


Summary:
A field study identified twenty-two ways that automated hospital systems
can result in the wrong medication being dispensed to patients. Most of
these flaws are classic usability problems that have been understood for
decades.
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