Individual Accountability Archives | First Healthcare Compliance

Automatic Dispensing Cabinets, Patient Care, & the Actual Sentence in the RaDonda Vaught Case

June 29, 2022

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, principal with Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX presents this very timely and fascinating subject for us. A former nurse was charged, criminally prosecuted, and in March 2022, convicted of gross neglect of an impaired adult and negligent homicide for a 2017 fatal drug error. This webinar approaches the facts and circumstances, which led to the fatal error, the role that Automatic Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs) played in the process in order to prevent similar situations. The purpose is to inform participants of a myriad of items so that facilities can evaluate and implement appropriate safeguards, train nurses and other staff, and take corrective actions before an adverse patient outcome occurs. What happened here is preventable and nurses should not flee the profession, especially because of the compassion shown by the judge.

Medical Error, CANDOR/candor, and Patient Advocacy

June 3, 2021

Kathleen W. McNicholas, MD, JD, CHC, CCEP, Consultant and Patient Advocate with Medical Legal Patient Advocacy Inc. will lead this webinar to review medical error and provide an approach to harmed patients. The CANDOR program of Communication and Optimal Resolution will be explained. CANDOR is well established and has been successfully adopted by many medical centers. Without CANDOR in place, patients may benefit from the use of the principles and the help of a board-certified patient advocate.