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E-prescribing Usage Increases with Doctors, but Not Without Problems

As our Washington D.C. Pharmacy Error Injury Attorneys reported in a recent blog, physicians who are not prescribing medications electronically, or e-prescribing, by 2012 will be financially penalized by the federal government. Although the use of electronic prescribing has increased in years, and evidence shows that e-prescribing can reduce pharmacy…

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Woman Sues Walgreens for Seizure Medication Pharmacy Error

In recent news that our Baltimore, Maryland pharmacy error injury lawyers have been following, a Texas woman filed a lawsuit against Walgreens last week, claiming that a pharmacist mislabeled her medication—a mistake the woman claims, that could have caused her wrongful death. According to Jessica Soliz, a Walgreens pharmacist made…

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Drug Alert Warns Epinephrine Syringe Shortage Could Lead to Dosing Error Risks

In yesterday’s blog, our medication error attorneys discussed a recent accidental overdose of epinephrine that led to a man’s death in a hospital. According to the FDA, Epinephrine is a high alert medication that could cause significant patient harm or injury when used in error. Medication error can occur when…

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Man Dies After Receiving Overdose of Drug in Hospital

Our Maryland Medication Error Attorneys have been reading about the tragic incident that happen in Maine recently, after a local man went to the emergency room with symptoms of anaphylaxis, and was given an overdose of the drug epinephrine—causing his wrongful death. After suffering an allergic reaction from eating seafood…

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Medication Mistake Causes Accident Death and Takes Toddler’s Life

Recently our attorneys at Lebowitz and Mzhen Personal Injury Lawyers discussed the topic of medication mistakes with children in a blog, after actor Dennis Quaid filed another lawsuit against Baxter Healthcare Corporation, after his twins were given a near fatal dose of medication in the hospital. Sadly, in another children’s…

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Family Sues UPMC Hospital for Medication Mistake that Led to Wrongful Death

As medication mistake attorneys in Baltimore, Maryland, we have been following a recent lawsuit filed by the family of an 82-year old patient, who died last year after a medical mistake was made in the recording of her medical history—that led to her receiving a medication dosage that was seven…

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Baltimore, Maryland Pharmacist Sentenced for Selling Illegal Prescription Drugs to Dealer

In recent Baltimore, Maryland Pharmacy Error news, a local pharmacist in Reisterstown was reportedly sentenced to six years in federal prison for illegally selling 34,000 prescription drug painkillers to a drug dealer. Maryland’s U.S. Attorney’s office announced this month that Ketankumar Arvind Patel, a former pharmacist for the Medicine Shoppe…

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Pharmacy Error in English-Spanish translated Drug Labels and Instructions

In a recent study that our Maryland Pharmacy Misfill Attorneys have been following, the problem of prescription translations from English to Spanish in pharmacies nationwide is being exposed, as well as the potential for medication error with customers. The study, published in the May issue of Pediatrics, shows that many…

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Wrongful Death Award Upheld—Walgreens to Pay Family $33 Million in Damages

In recent news that our Baltimore, Maryland Pharmacy Error Attorneys have been following, an appeals court has upheld a decision in favor of the family who was awarded $33.3 million in a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Deane Hippely, who died in 2007 after a Walgreens Pharmacy technician reportedly…

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Hospitals Fined by CDPH for Alleged Medication Mistakes

In recent article that our Maryland-based Medical Mistake Attorneys have been following, The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has fined 13 hospitals in California $650,000 for 16 medical mistakes that have caused serious patient injury, harm, or even wrongful death in 2008 and 2009. In one hospital pharmacy error…

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