Analysis of medication-related malpractice claims: Causes, preventability, and costs
Rothschild JM, Federico FA, Gandhi TK, Kaushal R, Williams DH, Bates DW. Analysis of medication-related malpractice claims: Causes, preventability, and costs. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2002;162(21):2414-2420.
Adverse drug events (ADEs) are frequently result in malpractice claims, which are extremely costly and usually preventable. This article describes a retrospective review of malpractice claims to identify potential ADEs. The review found that most of these ADEs were preventable, and about half occurred in outpatients. The most frequent types of ADEs are discussed, as well as their possible prevention with error proofing and process standardization.
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