Caution! Look-alike Drugs Ahead! Many Medications Look and Sound Very Similar Many drugs have very similar-sounding names and very often have similar-looking manufacturer packaging or pills. … [Read more...]
Anatomy of a Prescription
February 29, 2016 by
Writing a Prescription and Whisper-Down-the-Lane A prescription is an order that is written by a physician to communicate to a pharmacist or other healthcare provider what medication is to be given … [Read more...]
There Seems to Be a Mistake with My Prescription
February 26, 2016 by
What Happens When a Mistake is Made with a Prescription? When patients report medication errors to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) that involve pharmacy dispensing, they are … [Read more...]
Diagnostic Errors: A ‘Moral, Professional and Public Health Imperative’
February 19, 2016 by
HuffPost Healthy Living By, Jay Bhatt, M.D. For years, patient safety efforts have focused on mistakes that occur during treatment, from medication errors to post-surgical complications. Since … [Read more...]
As Seen in the Huffington Post – She Was Told That She Was “Too Young For A Mammogram”
October 24, 2015 by
My client, Jennifer,* was 28 years old when she went to her gynecologist complaining of a strange, tiny pea-sized lump she felt in her breast. "It's probably nothing," is what she was told by her … [Read more...]
Womens’ Health Matters: A Journey Revisited
October 21, 2015 by
In the early years of my legal career, I represented women who had suffered catastrophic injuries resulting from medical errors such as delays in diagnosis of breast cancer and incorrectly-prescribed … [Read more...]
FDA warns: Don’t get these two drugs mixed up
July 31, 2015 by
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that some doctors and pharmacies are getting confused by the similar names of an antidepressant and a blood-thinning medicine. The FDA says it's not … [Read more...]
Hospital medication error kills patient in Oregon
December 4, 2014 by
A hospital in Bend, Oregon, says it administered the wrong medication to a patient, causing her death. Loretta Macpherson, 65, died shortly after she was given a paralyzing agent typically used … [Read more...]
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