On December 13, 2012, a Baldwin County, Alabama, jury returned a 140 million wrongful death verdict. The lawsuit stated Thomas Hospital outsourced its medical transcription service to India and that a transcription error resulted in a fatal medication dosage.
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Posted: Dec 16, 2012
$140 Million Verdict in Baldwin County
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Published: December 14, 2012
Published: December 14, 2012
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http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/dec/14/140-million-verdict-against-thomas-hospital-ar-5170702/
It's all over the Main Board - nm
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Precyse - nm
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Gee... Did the doctor read the report before he signed it? - dnr
[ In Reply To ..]Ultimate responsibility falls on the doctor. Although, IMO, they did increase their odds to a large magnitude when it was done with ESL MTs.
Of course the doctor didn't know. They have next to nil input of and knowledge of where their dictation is transcribed.
I'm sure more people are killed every year by medical transcription/VR than those killed in social diasters like the recent one, but that will unfortunately never cause the same amount of furor and action.
Do they ever?? - nm
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In my opinion..... - I think some do.....
[ In Reply To ..]...but most don't.
Let this be the beginning of the end of a stupid business model. - Just My 4 Cents
[ In Reply To ..]Shame someone had to die, but anyone who's ever edited offshored crap knows it was just a matter of time. I worked on-site for a CBay client editing their crappy work (real money-saver, huh?) - laughable and downright scary.
I gave a deposition in this case, had worked for Precyse - chuckling
[ In Reply To ..]So very delighted with this verdict.
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