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kotaKat • today at 2:35 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Yep. Happens all the time in healthcare IT. "The doctor is one of our multi-million-dollar revenue generators, so we let it slide" is the excuse. Every time.

I've personally written up a chief radiologist before for it. Zero action, because "he made the facility $6m+ last year" in rural nowhere.

It was actually one of the helpdesk's interview questions - "how do you handle responding to a doctor whose machine is full of porn?"

No wonder years later they got slammed by ransomware.


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rationalist • today at 4:58 PM

Was the correct answer, "Ask my supervisor?"

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