Question

Mrs. Barbara White was admitted to Richmond Medical Center for hip replacement surgery. Pre-operatively she was administered a prophylactic medication to reduce post-operative gastrointestinal complications as part of the surgeon Dr. Gilchrist's standing orders. Unfortunately, Mrs. White had an allergy to the medication which was listed in her medical record but went unnoticed by staff. Once the error was recognized, Benadryl was given to counteract the original medication, but that caused a steep drop in her blood pressure which led to a stroke. Mrs. White suffered dysphasia and hemiplegia which continue to this day.

Mrs. White sued Dr. Gilchrist and the nursing staff for damages as a result of the injuries she sustained. Her attorney, Monique LeClair, recognized the need to move quickly to preserve the documentation related to the case.

1. Based on that necessity, the attorney’s first step should be to ask the court for what?

2. Demonstrate why it is a necessary step in this proceeding.

Next, knowing that RMC’s medical records were hybrid, Ms. LeClair needed access to the electronic documents which were part of her patient’s record along with any e-mails that may have been pertinent to the case.

Documents were then exchanged between the various lawyers and members of the hospital staff gave pretrial oral testimony. Upon reviewing documents from the hospital, Ms. LeClair’s team found a metadata discrepancy on an e-form used to document the patient’s vital signs. The attorney had the court issue an order for nurse responsible for the documentation to appear at the trial. Based on the nurse’s statement at trial that the document had been altered to reflect constant vital sign monitoring with no substantial change, the deciders of facts supported Mrs. White and awarded 4.3 million dollars in damages.

3. Identify the appropriate healthcare legal terminology for the items from the scenario

a. Mrs. Barbara White

b. Dr. Gilchrist and Richmond Medical Center

c. Court issued order requiring the nurse to appear at trial

d. Decider of fact

e. Pretrial exchange of documents between lawyers

f. Pretrial oral testimony

g. Electronic documents

Answer 1

1, Attorney request the court to stop other side evidence for this case on grounds that cause prejudicial against this case and may not provide relevance to determine fault for this case. when a lawyer deeply involved in the particular case in the discovery process, the plaintiff attorney and attorney from another side should involve in interrogatories. it helps to gather necessary information for the case.
2, This case goal to gather additional information for malpractice suits and claims. electronic health records provide reliable information to reduce harm and risk. Coding identification with proprietary taxonomy value used for the medical liability claims database, it identifies the specific EHR and electronic evidence related issues in the patient chart for this case.
3, a, Negligence: It is a breach of a legal duty to case that makes the person to get affected. ms.barbara white affected with professional negligence.
b, Malpractice: Failure to experience or medical professional duty dereliction that causes injury, loss, and damage. Dr. Gilchrist and Richmond's medical center malpractice suit cause harm to the patient.