In part because ICD-10 was not in use. this could have been prevented if the implementation was not delayed.
The Ebola Patient Was Sent Home Because of Bad Software
The Ebola Patient Was Sent Home Because of Bad Software
The Atlantic
Olga Khazan
1 day ago
Thomas Eric Duncan has been in isolation for Ebola at Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital since September 28—but that wasn't his first trip to that hospital. After developing a fever and abdominal pain on the 24th, Duncan sought care at the hospital on the 25th, but he was sent home.
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