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Prescription Error Overdose Leads to Paralysis, Victim Hopeful for Recovery

Our Maryland pharmacy misfill injury attorneys have been following the recent developments in the tragic Walmart prescription error incident from 2008 that caused a teenager to suffer a pain medication overdose that led to paralysis. When Jessie Scott was 18, and suffering from strep throat pain, his doctor prescribed a…

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Lack of Medication Adherence Can Cause Serious Medication Reactions and Injury

The Institute of Medicine, reports that every year, 1.5 million people are injured by medication-related events. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), that our Baltimore medication error injury attorneys have been following, a recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), found that…

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NCL Campaign to Improve Medication Adherence and Patient Safety

As our attorneys reported in a recent Rockville, Maryland pharmacy misfill blog post, according to the National Consumers League (NCL), around three out of four consumers in this country admit they don’t take their prescription drug medication as directed—causing an increase in medication error and injury that has a huge…

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FDA Redesigns Pharmacy Packet Inserts to Avoid Medication Error Injury

According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, a new national initiative is underway to make prescription medications clearer, and to decrease the rise of medication error that lead to hospitalizations and emergency room visits from patients who take their medication incorrectly—which according to the National Community Pharmacists…

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Walgreens Pharmacy Misfill Leaves Toddler With Dangerous Drug

Our Baltimore medication error attorneys have been following a recent pharmacy misfill incident that reportedly sent a Colorado Springs mother into great shock—as she nearly gave her small child an epilepsy drug that had been accidentally given to her by the pharmacist at a local Walgreens. According to KDRO News,…

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Children’s Hospitals Form Collective Effort on Patient Safety to Prevent Medication Errors

According to a recent article in Pharmacy Practice News that our Washington D.C. pharmacy error injury attorneys have been following, a group of children’s hospitals in Ohio have prevented around 3,600 adverse drug events and surgical site infections, along with saving over $5 million, during an 18-month program initiative that…

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Benefits of Robo Pharmacy Technology in Reducing Prescription Errors

In a recent Maryland pharmacy error injury lawyer blog entry, our attorneys discussed automated hospital pharmacies the use robots instead of people for tasks that are traditionally manual—in an effort to eliminate medication errors that could cause patient harm or personal injury. According to the Medical Center of the University…

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UCSF Employs New Automated Pharmacy to Prevent Pharmacy Error

In an effort to reduce pharmacy misfills and medication error, the Medical Center of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has recently employed a series of pharmacy robots, according to recent technology news that our Baltimore-based pharmacy misfill attorneys have been following. In the newly automated hospital pharmacy, UCSF…

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500 Unapproved Prescription Cough and Cold Medications Banned by FDA

Our Maryland-based prescription drug error attorneys have been following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent announcement, ordering the makers of around 500 prescription cold, cough and allergy medications to take the drugs off the pharmacy shelves, as they have not been proven to be safe and effective. According to…

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Hospital Sued for Wrongful Death After Patient Dies from Drug Error

Our Baltimore-based pharmacy error injury attorneys have been following the recent and tragic news story surrounding a Massachusetts woman, who endured a hospital medication error during a routine hospital stay that reportedly led to her wrongful death. According to the Boston Globe, Geraldine Oswald was hospitalized in November of last…

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