Monday, December 17, 2012

Error from Outsourced Medical Transcription Leads to $140 Million Award Against Hospital

Fatal Outsourcing?  Thomas Hospital Hit with $140 Million Verdict in Death of Daphne Woman by Brendan Kirby.  Al.com  December 14, 2012.

An error by an Indian medical transcription firm resulted in an Alabama woman receiving 10 times the insulin dose prescribed by her doctor.  For her death a Baldwin County Alabama Circuit Court handed down a $140 million judgement.

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