Feds say University of Maryland hospital violated rules in patient dumping case

University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown cited for violating patient rights and several patient safety and hospital management regulations


The University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown has been cited for violating patient rights and several patient safety and hospital management regulations related to a January incident in which a woman was discharged from its emergency room wearing just a hospital gown, according to an article on the Baltimore Sun website.

An investigation of the incident by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services found numerous “deficiencies” related to the incident.

The report said the woman resisted being discharged after being treated and nurses asked security to intervene. She was removed from the hospital in what many consider an act of “patient dumping.”

Among the deficiencies noted in a pair of federal reports: The  hospital leadership failed to identify possible unsafe discharge practices and possible harassment of patients by security staff.

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April 2, 2018


Topic Area: Security


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