[TeMPOraL]

> I have been told specifically by the CEO of a large specialist group that they won't be using any of the above systems, because having the software available means they might get electronic referrals directly from GPs.This would be instead of paper referral letters that simply go with the patient. This changes the legal onus of who is responsible for following up with patients who don't make that specialist appointment when referred. It matters when a patient decides not go do anything with a given referral, and then finds out they're terminal months later.

Oh my. The unexpected legal implications and associated perverse incentives. Thanks for sharing that!

Reminds me of what I heard about information security space, where some large companies don't want to know their risks too well, as if something would happen, they wouldn't be able to say "we didn't/couldn't have predicted that".