[NPInfo] Re: Legislation to decriminalize medical errors

[Tracy Klein]

Mary,
I'd be interested in hearing about the potential
legislation in Wisconsin. 
Many states are using a voluntary reporting system for
hospitals which allow statistics on errors to be
analyzed, In Oregon they have had some difficulty
getting the pharmacies to cooperate because of
liability fears.
Tracy Klein, WHCNP, FNP
Portland, Oregon


This seems like very shoddy practice to me. People are
angry and
 worried.
Some 40,000 patients in Nevada have to be tested for
Hepatitis B, C and
 HIV.
How common is this practice? As a potential patient
this practice
 worries me
(a lot). As a medical professional in Wisconsin who is
working on
legislation to de-criminalize medical errors, I see
this as a major
 setback.


 

What do you make of this?

 

Mary Beck, NP

Lake Mills, WI