Health Care & Hospital Law
Dec. 18, 2010
Lawyers Track Electronic Health Data
Dosage mix-ups aren't new to emergency rooms, but the electronic systems that many doctors and hospitals are starting to use are changing the face of medical liability and malpractice litigation.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When an Oakland doctor prescribed a blood thinner to a patient in Highland Hospital's emergency room in October 2007, he did something that's increasingly common: he ordered it electronically.
But the doctor hit the wrong button and prescribed the right dose to the wrong patient. Because of the mix-up, Ronald Enskip, the patient who mistakenly received the medication, ended up with permanent ...
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