
This could cause substantial harm to patients, as well as legal issues to providers. Privacy and security risks. Production version of software contains sensitive patient data. A lack of privacy and security training could lead to the mishandling of this confidential information and security breaches.In turn, these mistakes expose hospitals to potential malpractice lawsuits. Typing errors can be repeated, leaving a trail of mistakes that could potentially lead to medical error. Increased risk of medical errors. Without training and an ongoing review of best practices, the risk of medical error increases.This trial-by-fire approach is a stopgap and could lead to several problems:



Hospitals are already short-staffed, users will have to learn on the go. A quick fix is to have doctors and nurses go straight into the production version.
