Archive for February, 2011

Hospital Transplants Kidney into Wrong Patient

Doctors at a California hospital transplanted a kidney into the wrong patient last month, reports the Los Angeles Times. According to the article, USC University Hospital in Los Angeles, CA shut down its kidney transplant program on January 29 after realizing a hospital error caused doctors to transplant a donor kidney into the wrong patient. [...]

Pharmacy Error Gives Pregnant Woman Abortion Drug Instead of Antibiotic

A Colorado pharmacy mistakenly gave a pregnant woman the wrong drug, placing the life of her unborn child at risk, reports the Denver Post. Mareena Silva, 19, went to the Safeway pharmacy in Fort Lupton, CO to pick up a prescription for antibiotics. The pharmacy mixed up Silva’s prescription with that of another woman with [...]

Doctors using mobile devices to read scans and make diagnoses… “There’s an app for that.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that the agency has approved the first ever application that allows doctors to view medical scan images on mobile devices, Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad. Hospital radiology departments or physician’s offices will soon be able to send images from computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), [...]