Re: MT liability?
- From: JCav <JCav.212ke5@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:03:29 -0600
Blupencl Wrote:
>
>
> If you transcribe a report and break JCAHO rules (in this case it's
> abbreviations in a final diagnosis), are you personally liable, should
> the case go to malpractice court? I say no. I say the doctor shouldn't
> sign it if it's wrong. The particular one who spurred this discussion
> gives explicit instructions before each dictation that amount to: If I
> dictate an abbreviation, you type it that way, even in the final
> diagnosis.
>
> One of the MTs on my account says that she has a lawyer and E&O
> insurance, and she actually knows of somebody who wound up in court
> because her initials were on the report. Her lawyer tells her she is
> the legally responsible party. I say pish posh.
>
> I would never bother with E&O ins and I have never personally heard of
> an MT winding up in court because her initials were on a report.
>
>
I cannot see any liability for an MT who is following the instructions
of the facility. I have a couple of accounts that insist on putting
the abbreviation as dictated even in the assessment and diagnosis
portions. If they dictate the wrong abbreviation or the abbreviation
is unclear, the physician and/or the facility is responsible for that
record. It's no different really than the physician who states an
adult pt had a pulse of 120 and then later states that they had a
regular rate. It seems to me her lawyer is just another scoundrel in a
profession that tries to justify the rape of the "little guy." For the
most part, I hate lawyers. That is not to say that I haven't come
across a few honest ones but they are clearly outnumbered by the liars
and thieves.
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JCav
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