Documentation: Avoiding the Pitfalls

http://www.medleague.com/doc Why do patients sue for malpractice? What is the role of the medical record in how legal cases are screened for merit? How should health care providers address delay in treatment & failure to rescue patients? Why it is so important to have legible orders? Pat Iyer answers these questions and more based on her 22 years of experience as an expert witness and expert in nursing malpractice.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• medical errors
• medication errors
• medical records
• nursing documentation
• medical malpractice
• lawsuit
• expert witness

[kubu79]

204 mg?? that is a huge lot!

[medleague]

@kubu79 Yes, it is. It should have been 20.4

[medleague]

@babaganoo22 It was a combination of the doctor's fault and the nurse's. The doctor did nott change the demerol to Toradol, and the nurses way overmedicated the patient. A tragic story.

[Josher1824]

Thanks for sharing! This is a very important issue...hope you'll post more.

[brownricegirl]

Could have said more, especially to the effect of computer charting. Are there any pitfalls in computer charting? Might it cause a false sense of protection? Might it back fire? Candid commentary from the nurse audience would have been interesting. Thank you for posting.

[naomilaboo]

Nicely done!