One patient most *definitely* has died as a result of an MT ERROR. - and no doubt more that we don't know about Posted: Jan 3rd, 2019 - 4:00 am In Reply to: Please. Do you really think the MTs role is that - important, that you are saving a life? sm
Seriously, if you can't be bothered to try to be accurate for quality of patient care, then you really need to find something else to do to make money.
BAY MINETTE, Ala., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 13, 2012, a Baldwin County, Alabama, jury returned a $140 million wrongful death verdict against Thomas Hospital and its outsourced medical transcription companies for a woman's death caused by a transcription error, which resulted in a fatal medication dosage.
In a complicated case that took more than four years to prepare for trial, Plaintiff's attorneys revealed the circumstances that led to the needless death of Sharron Juno, a former patient of Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, Alabama.
On March 18, 2008, Ms. Juno was discharged from Thomas Hospital. Unbeknownst to her treating physician, the Discharge Summary he dictated was outsourced by the hospital and ultimately transcribed in Mumbai, India and New Delhi, India. The transcript contained three critical errors, including the dosage of Levemir insulin, which was written incorrectly as 80 units rather than eight (10 times the prescribed dose). The hospital violated its own procedures and multiple national patient safety standards by using the unreviewed, unsigned Discharge Summary to write admission and medication orders for Sharon Juno's admission to a local rehabilitation facility. Shortly after her admission to the rehab facility, on March 19, 2008, Ms. Juno was given a fatal dosage of insulin based on the admission paperwork the hospital had sent to the rehab facility. The medication caused an irreparable brain injury that resulted in cardiopulmonary arrest. Sharon Juno never regained consciousness and died on March 27, 2008. ....
LINK/URL: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jury-holds-hospital--transcription-company-responsible-for-fatal-medication-error--140-million-verdict-183799
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