I assume that you knew of the details of the case personally since, from
your description, I could not assume that there was an error in logic. It
could have been a visual problem with the physician writing the script, a
pharmacist reading it, or even a message error if it were an NCPDP HL7
message with an erroneous Units of Measure entry. (01)
Thanks
Cecil (02)
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Miscalculating the location of the decimal point. (04)
At 2:32 PM -0700 8/10/07, clynch wrote:
>Hi Kathy,
>
>What specifically was the "error in logic"?
>
>Cecil Lynch
>
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>>...Ontology deals with the matter and content, with the real components of
>> >discourse about anything, while Logic is an art, an instrument of
>>>intellectual reasoning, at least a formal science
>>
>>Even let us agree (temporarily) to this ...
>>
>>>,and it has nothing to do
>>>with reality, real significance or real meanings,
>>
>> ... but this is a mistake, a non-sequiteur.
>
>I once knew someone who was disabled for life because a medical
>professional missed a decimal point and gave him an order of
>magnitude higher dose of a drug than he should have had. The medical
>professional's career was ruined. The insurance company was out more
>than a million dollars. The patient's life was radically transformed
>for the worse.
>
>All due to an error in logic.
>
>This had *very much* to do with reality It had very real
>significance, and very real meaning.
>
>Kathy
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