> The case against Vaught hinges on her use of an electronic medication cabinet, a computerized device that dispenses drugs and is widely used in hospitals
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> Vaught triggered an override that unlocked a much larger swath of medications
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> Some experts have said cabinet overrides are a daily event at many hospitals.
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> Vaught insisted in her testimony before the nursing board last year that overrides were common at Vanderbilt, and that a 2017 upgrade to the hospital’s electronic health records system was causing rampant delays at medication cabinets. Vaught said Vanderbilt instructed nurses to use overrides to circumvent delays and get medicine as needed.
Here's a recent case of a nurse going to prison for a medication error, where the UX of the medical cabinets is blamed in a big way: https://khn.org/news/article/radonda-vaught-fatal-drug-error...
> The case against Vaught hinges on her use of an electronic medication cabinet, a computerized device that dispenses drugs and is widely used in hospitals > > ... > > Vaught triggered an override that unlocked a much larger swath of medications > > ... > > Some experts have said cabinet overrides are a daily event at many hospitals. > > Vaught insisted in her testimony before the nursing board last year that overrides were common at Vanderbilt, and that a 2017 upgrade to the hospital’s electronic health records system was causing rampant delays at medication cabinets. Vaught said Vanderbilt instructed nurses to use overrides to circumvent delays and get medicine as needed.