The MediMap security failure has had obvious implications for medication management as well as prescribers and those administering medications.
The security failure has caused great inconvenience to all prescribers, as well as aged care, hospice and other uses of MediMap.
The fact that yet another health software platform has been shown to have inadequate security is clearly concerning and will hopefully result in the vendors and their clients being more vigilant and increasing their IT security.
Aside from being inconvenient, and time-consuming, temporary moves from online to paper-based systems increases risk for error, and extra vigilance is required.
While well-established manual systems for medications can enable safe medication administration, having to use such systems is time is efficient and inconvenient for staff coping with heavy workloads.
If necessary Te Whatu Ora / Health New Zealand and the Ministry of Health need to be checking that appropriate standards are being met by health software companies.
The MediMap security failure has had obvious implications for medication management as well as prescribers and those administering medications.
The security failure has caused great inconvenience to all prescribers, as well as aged care, hospice and other uses of MediMap.
The fact that yet another health software platform has been shown to have inadequate security is clearly concerning and will hopefully result in the vendors and their clients being more vigilant and increasing their IT security.
Aside from being inconvenient, and time-consuming, temporary moves from online to paper-based systems increases risk for error, and extra vigilance is required.
While well-established manual systems for medications can enable safe medication administration, having to use such systems is time is efficient and inconvenient for staff coping with heavy workloads.
If necessary Te Whatu Ora / Health New Zealand and the Ministry of Health need to be checking that appropriate standards are being met by health software companies.