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Re:The assault on neurosurgeons’ privileges by software and ... by ef4 on Monday December 07, 2015 @11:11PM (#10694745)
In my experience of trying to sell software to healthcare organizations, they are practically immunized against better software.

They are institutionally allergic to agile, iterative improvement. It sounds too scary. They want big-design-up-front, even though that's guaranteed to deliver unusable software that's far more dangerous to patients than any transient bug.

Some of this is regulatory, but most is cultural.

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Re:The assault on neurosurgeons’ privileges by software and ... by parasubvert on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @12:36AM (#10695000)
This x100. Though I think it is changing as a younger generation grows into leadership positions, this will likely happen far later than other industries :(
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