Quote Originally Posted by Plug Drugs View Post
Yes, it CAN, but no one ever does
Accurate dosing would take things like body mass index and metabolism into consideration, and medications would be available with smaller increments between the next dose up.
again bullshit. maybe in a walk-in clinic where you ahve no relationship with the patient and you're much more worried about covering your own ass, but not with the people i've dealt with. they DO take into consideration body mass and metabolism and other things that are exceptions to what the monograph prescribes. i've dealt with this myself, personally and have amny doctors in my family who talk about this kind of thing. AND i've discussed this with doctors in how they will deal with exactly this issue when i';ve set up softare for them.
Quote Originally Posted by the usual
On the contrary, medical malpractice often results from doctors just blindly prescribing things because the software let them do it.. at least it used to, I think they've been cleaning up their act a lot lately.

I agree with you and it is a very complex issue, and I guess no one group of people should be held responsible for faults in the system, I take back what I said earlier about developers being responsible
malpractice is MUCH bigger issue in the US. devs shouldn't be held responsible because they're just developiing what they're told and going by specs. pharma shouldn't be held responsible either because they have tested out their shit to whatever level they can and yes, so fucking what if money is the motive. why the hell shouldn't it be? why do anything in a capitalistic culture without that as the motivation?

what in my opinion is the probllem is that laws and guidelines are NOT followed and influence peddling is allowed to ocfur to bend or change those laws. and that money and lobbying to governing bodies and congress at a state and federal level isn't more thoroughly documented. also i believe that far worse than any of these people is the insurance industry. these fuckers need to have their whole industry reformed.