Hospitals across country issued patients wrong prescriptions due to system glitch The Times of Israel

pISRAEL AT WAR DAY 132ppHospitals 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 TuesdayppThough 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 leastppPatients 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 patientsppInitially 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 issueppThe problem was identified at least ten days ago although the scale only became clear on Monday sources said in explaining the delay in notifying about the matterppMinistry officials recommended that anyone who was hospitalized over the past two months and prescribed courses of medicine including those given prescriptions in their discharge papers consult with their doctor to verify they are getting the correct drugs and dosesppIn addition to multiple hospitals that use the system the problem also impacted medical centers of the Clalit health management organizationppChannel 12 reported that two weeks ago a handful of patients complained about the problem It said that in one case a patient was prescribed someone elses medicines and in another a patient who has a regular regime of medicines received instructions for a change in drugsppThe medical centers known to have been impacted by the problem are Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon Bnei Zion Medical Center in Haifa Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera Wolfson Medical Center in Holon Ziv Medical Center in Safed Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya Baruch Padeh Medical Center in Poria Tiberias Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer Shamir Medical Center Assaf Harofeh Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv Rabin Medical Center Beilinson in Petah Tikva HaSharon Medical Center Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba SchneiderChildrens Medical Center in Petah Tikva Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot Emek Medical Center in Afula Carmel Medical Center in Haifa and Yoseftal Medical Center in EilatppThe Rambam Medical Center in Haifa the Laniado Hospital in Netanya and Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem all said that they dont use the Chameleon system and therefore the problem did not affect their patientsppAre you relying on The Times of Israel for accurate and timely coverage right now If so please join The Times of Israel Community For as little as 6month you willpp
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