Questão 1126956

As questões 27 a 30 correspondem ao texto VI.

TEXT VI

Bad Medicine

1 Going to the doctor isn’t as safe as you might think. Medical mistakes kill between 44,000

2 and 98,000 people in the United States annually, reports the Institute of Medicine — a private

3 agency that advises the government and industry. The problem isn’t the cold you might catch in the

4 waiting room, but blunders like improper testing, incorrect diagnoses, and medicine mix-ups. In an

5 effort to reduce the number of errors, Web Information Transfer Systems, an Internet Start-up

6 Company based in Phoenix, has set up a web site (www.webinfotrans.com) that allows physicians

7 to check medications prescribed by other doctors, prescribe medications electronically to eliminate

8 errors in deciphering handwriting, and check an online version of the Physician’s Desk Reference

9 for adverse drug interactions. Subscribers can also search for the latest information about a

10 specific condition. A similar site developed by Cigna Healthcare of Arizona reduced errors in

11 prescriptions for birth control pills by 15 percent. The new site should be fully operational by this

12 summer.

Source: Gail Dutton Source: Popular Science, v. 256, n. 4, April 2000, p. 30. Access on: April 4, 2016.

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