In many of our earlier posts, we have discussed the threats posed by medication errors in Maryland pharmacies. The Maryland pharmacy error attorneys at Lebowitz & Mzhen, LLC suggest that our clients take an active role in their health care in order to prevent prescription errors. Consumers should get as…
There are many reasons why I believe that someone injured due to a Maryland pharmacy error should hire an attorney. One of the reasons is that pharmacists are instructed by their malpractice insurance companies to avoid admitting that they have done anything wrong, even when the pharmacist knows that he…
In the past, when you filled a prescription at a Maryland pharmacy, you may have wondered about the training received by the technicians behind the counter. In some cases, technicians have attended nationally accredited pharmacy technician training programs. Other time, however, the pharmacy technician training is limited to training received…
We recently posted that pharmacists owe a duty of care to patients filling their prescriptions in Maryland pharmacies. Pharmacists owe a duty to accurately fill these prescriptions. Maryland law, however, increases the duty of care owed to Medicare pharmacy patients in the state by requiring pharmacists to offer to discuss…
In the past year Americans have watched the federal government bail out failing banks, and the lagging automobile industry. As the economic downturn progresses, the flow of government funds into the flagging commercial sector is likely to continue. The pharmacists’ lobby has added its name to a growing list of…
In preparing a recent case for an 8 year child and her parents, I came across an interesting report from The Joint Commission. (The Joint Commission is a private organization that works closely with the Federal Government to evaluate the quality of care being provided by hospitals.) The report indicated…
Recently, University of Massachusetts Medical School researchers concluded that medication errors are increasingly common at outpatient cancer clinics across the country. The report reviewed nearly 11,000 prescriptions dispensed at adult and pediatric oncology clinics nationwide. The research published in the Journal of Oncology, found medication errors in 18% of pediatric…
Maryland law does not require pharmacies to report medication errors. The Maryland Board of Pharmacy, the body that licenses pharmacists in the state, relies upon inspections and consumer complaints to assist in keeping drug stores and pharmacies operating safely. The Maryland Board of Pharmacy provides a pharmacy error complaint form…
The Federal District Court in Northern Ohio recently decided an employment law case that highlights the potential for frequent hospital pharmacy errors committed by inexperienced hospital pharmacists. In Colvin v. Veterans Administration Medical Center, the Federal District Court decided that a hospital properly dismissed an inexperienced hospital pharmacist for his…
Yesterday, a potential client called me concerning injuries that she sustained when a pharmacist employed by a Baltimore hospital had made a pharmacy error which resulted in her being given the wrong medication for an extended period of time. This middle aged woman explained that she received the wrong antibiotic…