http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100226101330.htm
The Most Frequent Error in Medicine
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2010) — The most frequent error in medicine seems to occur nearly one out of three times a patient is referred to a specialist. A new study found that nearly a third of patients age 65 and older referred to a specialist are not scheduled for appointments and therefore do not receive the treatment their primary care doctor intended.
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It would seem that technology could eliminate that “disconnect” problem. It’s the “committed database transaction” problem.
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