Bug in JCAHO software may cost data

The national non-profit hospital accreditation and standards group JCAHO said it has discovered a bug affecting software it distributes to hospitals. According to critics, the bug may cause hospitals to loose some quality control data. Thousands of hospitals around the country use the software to track their progress towards hundreds of different criteria used by the standards and accreditation group. JCAHO informed customers of the problem with a note posted on the organization's website on Wednesday. A spokesperson calls the mistake "a production glitch." A critic calls it more of an "earthquake."

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