Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has shut down its kidney and liver transplant programs after it was discovered that one of its doctors altered records in a government transplant database that may have prevented them from getting new organs.
Houston Methodist is currently evaluating nearly 75 patients who were in the care of Memorial Hermann before their liver and kidney transplant programs shut down this month for internal and federal investigations.
A Houston hospital says it has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after discovering a doctor manipulated records for liver transplant candidates
HOUSTON — A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after discovering that a doctor manipulated records for liver transplant candidates, according to media reports. “Inappropriate changes effectively inactivated the candidates on the liver transplant waiting list,” Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement, according to the Houston Chronicle. “Subsequently, these patients did not/were not able to receive organ donation offers while inactive.” The...
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after discovering that a doctor manipulated records for liver transplant candidates, according to a media repor
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has halted its liver
The liver transplant program was announced inactivate April 5 because of a "pattern of irregularities with donor acceptance criteria" within the United Network for Organ Sharing transplant information database for patients.
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A Houston hospital has temporarily stopped liver and kidney transplants after it says it learned one of its physicians altered patient records in a government database, which may have prevented them from getting new organs. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston confirmed that it is investigating “inappropriate changes” to liver
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A Houston hospital has temporarily stopped liver and kidney transplants after it says it learned one of its physicians altered patient records in a government database, which may have prevented them from getting new organs. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston confirmed that it is investigating “inappropriate changes” to liver
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A Houston hospital has temporarily stopped liver and kidney transplants after it says it learned one of its physicians altered patient records in a government database, which may have prevented them from getting new organs. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston confirmed that it is investigating “inappropriate changes” to liver
A Houston hospital halted liver and kidney transplant programs due to doctor-manipulated candidate data, deactivating waiting list candidates. Errors in donor acceptance criteria led to suspension.
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after discovering that a doctor reportedly manipulated records for liver transplant candidates."Inappropriate changes effectively inactivated the candidates on the liver transplant waiting list," Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement published Thursday in the Houston Chronicle. "Subsequently, these patients did not/were not able to receive organ donation offers while inactive."The New York Times, citing...