Miscommunication blamed for 68-year-old woman’s hospital death

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Miscommunication blamed for 68-year-old woman’s hospital death

Hawke's Bay Hospital
“Systemic failures [by the DHB] in the gathering of, and exchange, of essential information resulted in substandard delivery of safe and seamless care,” HDC commissioner Anthony Hill says
The woman’s rights were breached because the DHB provided her with a “poor pattern of care across services for which [it] is ultimately responsible”