Houston, We Have a Problem Part II

As reported in Houston, We Have A Problem Part I in December 2002 about the Harris County Hospital District blowing $75 million on a Health IT ‘upgrade’ that was behind schedule and error-prone. Now the head of HCHD is resigning in part because of it: ‘…His resignation comes amid increasing tension between the CEO and the board the last several months, much of it surrounding questions over the district’s purchasing and information technology efforts… When will medicine come to its senses about proprietary Health IT software?

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