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I think we need to keep in mind that medical and pharmacy mistakes are still extremely common Recently my partner received a prescription with instructions tha
by lmpdev 1mo ago
I think we need to keep in mind that medical and pharmacy mistakes are still extremely common
Recently my partner received a prescription with instructions that were over the LD50 (we caught it as it was obviously too high). We reported it but it was likely the case of the clerk simply hitting the wrong button and not double checking the resulting sticker
I’d be interested to see the AI transcription failure rate compared with existing medical/pharmacy rates
- nradov 1mo agoEHRs and other electronic prescription applications pretty much all have automated alerts for inappropriate dosages (like mg versus mcg) as well as allergies and harmful drug-drug interactions. The prescribing clinician likely had to dismiss at least one alert in making that error.
- globular-toast 1mo agoThe pharmacist should have caught this. This is the reason doctors don't give drugs themselves and pharmacy is a completely separate, trained profession. Multiple things have to go wrong for you to get the wrong drugs. If that happened then something is very wrong with your pharmacy.
- unselect5917 1mo ago"preventable medical errors" kill between 270,000 - 400,000 Americans every year. It was listed on this wikipedia page until July 11, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventable_causes_of_death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventable_causes_of_death I know because I frequently cited it in arguments with citizen disarmament advocates before it was edited out.