Well university hospitals run lots of "experimental protocols" where physicians need the autonomy and flexibility for prescribe all sorts of medications. Just curation of drug-drug interactions tables is a huge butt-load of work, and we do have "hard stops" for all sorts of potentially dangerous interactions.
Ultimately however, you need systems in place to control and regulate these systems (such as pharmacy, nurses, other physicians). Obviously this system had a major failure, but it's why this is the special exception rather than the rule. And for what it's worth, this article (by Bob Watcher, who basically invented hospital medicine) is part of any major graduate level healthcare education.
One of the biggest problems I have seen with tech getting into healthcare is that they seem to forget the human interaction portion of healthcare that mostly happens offline. Yes, technology can have an enormous impact, but you can't just "technology" away all the problems in our current healthcare system.
Ultimately however, you need systems in place to control and regulate these systems (such as pharmacy, nurses, other physicians). Obviously this system had a major failure, but it's why this is the special exception rather than the rule. And for what it's worth, this article (by Bob Watcher, who basically invented hospital medicine) is part of any major graduate level healthcare education.
One of the biggest problems I have seen with tech getting into healthcare is that they seem to forget the human interaction portion of healthcare that mostly happens offline. Yes, technology can have an enormous impact, but you can't just "technology" away all the problems in our current healthcare system.