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Hospitals across country issued patients wrong prescriptions due to system glitch

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Dissent

In the world we live in, it’s understandable that people wondered whether a “glitch” was really just a “glitch” or if it reflected a cyberattack.  

The Times of Israel reports:

Hospitals across the country issued prescriptions to patients for the wrong medicines over some time due to a problem with an administration system, the Health Ministry notified Tuesday.

Though the ministry said in a statement that it was still trying to assess the scale of the problem with its Chameleon medical records system, sources said it impacted dozens, if not hundreds, of patients over the past few weeks at least.

Patients were prescribed medicines that were supposed to be given to others or incorrect drugs for their treatment, according to Hebrew media reports, citing ministry sources. The problem did not affect all patients.

Initially, sources said it was not clear if the problem was caused by a bug in the software or a cyberattack and the matter was being probed. Later, ministry officials and the company that provides Chameleon said it was a problem with the program and that an update in the software was circulated to resolve the issue.

Read more at TOI.

 

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