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Is your software killing you?

"software that doesn?t communication clearly "

deliberate or accidental? Either way...ironic!

Who knew?

"You can't make anything idiot-proof, because idiots are far too resourceful."

Yeah thanks for the Electronic Ink advertisement, is there actually a real story here besides humans are stupid, lets make easy things easier for them so they feel better when they accidentally kill someone...

Before everyone gets too high falutin what about black text instead of grey, big text that makes use of all the screen instead of small text which only takes up part of the screen,

Another problem is software needing new computers to run on but management cant finance both the software and the new computers so the software gets run on old computers.

Other problems are insufficient license fees, or multi module software with only a bare minimum of modules switched on for a given user which cripples the way he/she does things.

In short, lets have some commonsense.

A lot of software updates were really an additional burden for us. They just make our work much complicated than before. Software updats should be made easier and understandable by all user.

Thanks a lot!

A lot of software updates were really an additional burden for us. They just make our work much complicated than before. Software updats should be made easier and understandable by all user.

Thanks a lot!


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This reminded me of a recent news story; a study found that hospitals that were the most computerized were not realizing any savings from efficiency, and getting only minor improvements in patient care. It appears that the push to computerize is running ahead of software development for medical applications.

We design very simple web-based and mobile clinical tools for doctors and hear first-hand from them all the time about the unnecessary problems and even dangers posed by unwieldy and time-wasting UI in the context of busy hospitals. Doctors are now more vocally demanding that technologists improve what they're offering. Harold has hit the nail on the head with regard to usability.

John Bader
COO
Lime Medical