Republican State Representative Robert Nutting, who was recently chosen to be Maine’s speaker of the House, and is also a pharmacist, has recently been disciplined by a state agency, for a pharmacy misfill, that allegedly occurred in August of 2009. According to an article in the Times Record, that our…
In recent news that our Washington D.C. nursing home attorneys have been following, a medication error lawsuit has been filed against a local hospital in Salt Lake City, after a patient died from receiving an alleged overdose of a potent pain medication. According to Deseret News, Clarence Burton was admitted…
Our Washington D.C. pharmacy error injury attorneys have been following the recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company, has agreed to pay the government $750 million in an effort to settle criminal and civil charges alleging that the company…
According to a study that our Baltimore, Maryland attorneys reported on in a recent blog, thirty-five Maryland hospitals increased their median safety over the past ten years, reducing medication error and patient injury with new technology. In Maryland’s Peninsula Regional Medical Center, the hospital is reportedly improving the tracking of…
A recent study, published in the medical journal, Quality & Safety in Health Care, reportedly found that thirty-five Maryland hospitals showed notable improvements in the safe delivery and administration of drugs to patients in hospitals. The study was performed on behalf of the Maryland Patient Safety Center, whose aim is…
In a recent blog, our Maryland pharmacy error injury attorneys discussed reducing medication error and patient injury with barcode electronic systems, that link barcodes on the patient’s wrist bracelet with the patient’s electronic records and prescriptions, to ensure that the medication and dosage match the prescription for the patient. According…
After two children died from medication errors at Seattle Children’s Hospital over a period of 18 months, as our Baltimore, Maryland medication error injury lawyers recently discussed in a blog, the staff of the hospital held a special ‘Zero Errors Initiative’ Patient Safety Day on Saturday, to prevent tragic medication…
In a blog from earlier this year, our Washington D.C. pharmacy error injury attorneys discussed Dennis Quaid’s high profile lawsuits against Baxter Heathcare Corporation, that were filed after his newborn twins were given a near-fatal overdose of Heparin, a blood thinner. The medication error was allegedly due to a mistake…
In a related blog, our Baltimore, Maryland medical error attorneys discussed a recent study showing that implementing electronic health records significantly reduces medical and medication error, by integrating various systems across the country with hospitals and medical groups, to create a common platform for sharing patients’ medical records. Health-care providers…
In recent news that our pharmacy error injury attorneys in Baltimore, Maryland have been following, CVS Pharmacy will reportedly pay $75 million for breaking the law by selling huge quantities of psuedoephedrine, the key ingredient in the manufacturing of methamphetamine, an illegal drug abused widely in California. Psuedoephedrine, or PSE…