A recent article from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) that our Maryland-based medication error attorneys have been reading reported that the order management scanning system (OMSS) technology that was created to improve the efficiency and safety of the drug ordering process for doctors and pharmacies, is now experiencing…
In a recent news story that our Maryland Medication Error Attorneys have been following, state legislators across the country have proposed bills that are aiming for the disposal of unused or expired medicine at nursing homes, for resident health and safety and the protection of the environment According to ABC…
Recently, our Maryland Medical Mistake Lawyers wrote about the use of electronic health records in hospitals and doctors’ offices, and how computerized health records have the potential to improve the health care of patients, and reduce the risk of medical errors and personal injury. In the blog, our pharmacy error…
In a recent post, our Maryland Medical Error Attorneys discussed how computerized health records have been used by the Veterans Health Administration for the past decade, with great reported success. These electronic records have reportedly improved the health care and well being of nearly eight million veterans, by storing information…
In recent news that our Washington D.C. Pharmacy Misfill Attorneys have been following, a young woman in Florida recently experienced a serious medication error when she filled her prescription for doxycycline, a medication for acne, and received a bottle of Viagra instead. According the news story, after picking up her…
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…
As Maryland Pharmacy Misfill Attorneys, we have been following the recent verdict in which $2.5 million in damages were awarded to a Montgomery, Alabama woman and her husband, who claimed to be victims of a Rite Aid Pharmacy prescription misfill. According to the lawsuit filed in 2008, Reva Tosh received…
In a recent lawsuit that our Maryland Pharmacy Mistake Lawyers have been following, a hospital is being sued for dispensing an overdose of pain medicine to a 68-year old woman, which allegedly led to her wrongful death. Mable Mosley was taken to the Brandon Regional Hospital last year complaining of…
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has recently recalled certain lots of Tylenol, Rolaids, Benadryl and Motrin, after consulting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the J&J subsidiary that sells the drugs, is voluntarily recalling the lots of the Over-The-Counter (OTC) products, in an effort to maintain…
As Maryland Pharmacy Error Attorneys, we have been following a recent report by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) about the danger of error-prone abbreviations and when it comes to writing a prescription—the fact that some shortcuts don’t save time, and can result in pharmacy error or injury. According…