Maryland health officials say Doctors Community Hospital has been fined after failing to report that a patient died and at least seven others suffered serious harm as a result of mistakes by the medical staff.
The 185-bed medical surgical hospital in Lanham paid the $30,000 fine last month for violating a Maryland law that requires hospitals to report serious medical errors. The fine is the first in the five years that Maryland has required such reporting.
Officials reduced a proposed $95,000 penalty, but the hospital must use the remainder to develop a patient safety program.
A top state regulator described Doctors’ system of reporting errors as “seriously deficient.”
Administrators at Doctors call the state’s action a wake-up call.
Information from: The Washington Post
Topics Maryland
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