Documentation of a known allergy was not transferred between systems for the surgery of a patient. The patient then when transferred to another facility for surgery had a violent reaction to medication resulting in debilitating damage to his nervous system. The first issue of interoperability was that the hospitals failed to communicate with one another on past medical history. If this had happened a few short minutes of dialogue could have prevented the medication reaction. The second occurrence was when healthcare staff asked the patient about known allergies and they responded with a reaction to a blood transfusion. The hospital staff recorded this then as the patient
Documentation of a known allergy was not transferred between systems for the surgery of a patient. The patient then when transferred to another facility for surgery had a violent reaction to medication resulting in debilitating damage to his nervous system. The first issue of interoperability was that the hospitals failed to communicate with one another on past medical history. If this had happened a few short minutes of dialogue could have prevented the medication reaction. The second occurrence was when healthcare staff asked the patient about known allergies and they responded with a reaction to a blood transfusion. The hospital staff recorded this then as the patient