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Lawsuit Prevention Tips Common Issues in Lawsuits Against Healthcare Providers    Documentation    Reporting of incidents    Failure to follow hospital procedures    Failure to ensure patient's safety    Improper treatment and performance    Failure to monitor and to report    Improper use  of medical equiptment    Improper disposal of hazardous material, ex. needles, gowns, and gloves. Prevention Tips Be conscious of actions ...

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON -- Take the generic drug clonidine for high blood pressure? Double-check that you didn't leave the drugstore with Klonopin for seizures, or the gout medicine colchicine. Mixing up drug names because they look or sound alike is among the most common types of medical mistakes, and it can be deadly. New efforts are aiming to make patients ...

Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH Dr. Grant is associate professor of psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis. PSYCHIATRIST REVEALS PATIENTS’ INFORMATION TO ANOTHER PATIENT Alameda County (CA) Superior Court For several years 2 female patients were treated by the same psychiatrist. Jane Doe, age 56, read a breach of confidentiality report alleging sexual abuse filed by another patient ...

Vol. 5, No. 2 / February 2006 What to tell patients about side effects • Man taking trazodone claims he was not told about priapism risk • Errant lamotrigine course caused fatal hypersensitivity, estate alleges When well-intentioned treatment goes wrong Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH Associate professor of psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis Man taking trazodone claims he ...

Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH Associate professor of psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis. Woman prescribed a stimulant suffers stroke and disability Harris County (TX) District Court A 39-year-old patient was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by a psychologist, who referred her to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist prescribed amphetamine/dextroamphetamine, which the patient took for 9 months. During this time ...