Introduction
Recently, an incident occurred in a hospital where an MRI scan supposedly scheduled for a 55-year-old male patient was mistakenly done to a 25-year-old female patient with a different diagnosis. The error was only recognized when one of the patient’s doctors called the radiology department inquiring on why the scan had taken so long to be done. This was allegedly blamed on the incorrect use of the hospital information system. The case made the hospital’s management question the efficiency of the system because wrong administration of medical procedures could lead to many adverse effects that could include Continue reading...
