Bad electronic record system is probably worst then paper based one. Good electronic record system might be better then paper based one. The trouble is that quality is not the thing that wins you big contract with big institution all too often, so I would not be surprised if the common electronic systems were the bad ones.
Agreed, but we are also heavily biased towards this view as a community. I think we should try to steer the conversation away from this particular point.
But dear god... some people manage to make some awful software.
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Bad electronic record system is probably worst then paper based one. Good electronic record system might be better then paper based one. The trouble is that quality is not the thing that wins you big contract with big institution all too often, so I would not be surprised if the common electronic systems were the bad ones.
Agreed, but we are also heavily biased towards this view as a community. I think we should try to steer the conversation away from this particular point.
But dear god... some people manage to make some awful software.