Can a pharmacist sue patient?
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Maybe if the patient didn't like something you did that you had to do because of the law. Depends.
Edit: Wait, nevermind, I misunderstood the question....
Edit: Wait, nevermind, I misunderstood the question....
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No pharmacist will lose his job because of pt's complaints (which mostly have to do with wait time, being rude, unhelpful blah blah). The only time a pharmacist will lose his job (as far as I know) is when they make repeated errors on prescriptions. Very important: "repeated". I know Walmart allows even up to 7.
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and thats after you got floated around several stores and each law suit is multi million dollar settlements.
I've only heard of one case of this. Back in the early 90's, my PIC wasnt that, he was just a staff pharmacist and his PIC (at a locally owned and operated chain of 5 stores called Heids) had a missfill filed against him.
Patient was supposed to get (i forgot the name) a medication to stop vaginal bleeding as she was 5 months pregnant and was trying to prevent a miscarriage.
Patient allegedly received a medicine that induced uterine contractions (once again forgot the name) and she lost the baby and sued.
Pharmacy lost, patient won millions, and pharmacist lost his job.
Later, the staff pharmacist (my current pic) did some prodding around in the patients profile and found that she had filled the alleged medicine 6 months prior at another pharmacy by tracing some transfers and found that although the pills were similar to ones heids stocked, but actually a match to the brand from the other pharmacy.
Te pharmacist sued the patient for false allegations and other crap, won, and is now on a beach somewhere.
Patient was supposed to get (i forgot the name) a medication to stop vaginal bleeding as she was 5 months pregnant and was trying to prevent a miscarriage.
Patient allegedly received a medicine that induced uterine contractions (once again forgot the name) and she lost the baby and sued.
Pharmacy lost, patient won millions, and pharmacist lost his job.
Later, the staff pharmacist (my current pic) did some prodding around in the patients profile and found that she had filled the alleged medicine 6 months prior at another pharmacy by tracing some transfers and found that although the pills were similar to ones heids stocked, but actually a match to the brand from the other pharmacy.
Te pharmacist sued the patient for false allegations and other crap, won, and is now on a beach somewhere.
The PIC lost his job, the staff pharmacist was the one who checked the profiles. That staff pharmacist is now the PIC of the poster.
Of course a pharmacist can sue a patient but does the pharmacist have a case? If a patient knowingly lied and the pharmacist lost his job as a result, then the pharmacist can sue the patient if he can prove that the patient has lied. The pharmacist needs to show damage as a result of a lie in order to have a case so even if a patient lied but nothing happend to the pharmacist, then the pharmacist doesn't have a case against the patient.
I remember this case study. A physician prescribed a drug to his patient and the patient had a severe adverse reaction to the drug. The physician lied and told the patient that the pharmacist misfilled the wrong medication. The patient sued the pharmacist but when it was revealed the physician has lied, the patient dropped the lawsuit and the pharmacist sued the physician. The physician settled out of court with the pharmacist.
I remember this case study. A physician prescribed a drug to his patient and the patient had a severe adverse reaction to the drug. The physician lied and told the patient that the pharmacist misfilled the wrong medication. The patient sued the pharmacist but when it was revealed the physician has lied, the patient dropped the lawsuit and the pharmacist sued the physician. The physician settled out of court with the pharmacist.
Something i thought to, but apparently the medications appeared very similar and that was proof enough? Not something i really know.
So the other pharmacist violated HIPAA? I'm pretty sure you can't just check a profile whenever you feel like it. It has to be related to care. That's pretty ballsy of the staff pharmacist...
HIPAA didn't exist at this time, if i remember correctly. Just verified "enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996." and this occurred in 92 or 93
If the person filed a false complaint and there were damages, yes.
If there is a legal complaint I'm sure some aspects of HIPAA are overridden by the fact that the case is a part of the public record.
If there is a legal complaint I'm sure some aspects of HIPAA are overridden by the fact that the case is a part of the public record.
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