Becker's Healthcare December 11, 2024
Hospitals’ drug testing policies can have unintended consequences for women who seek care during pregnancy or after child birth, according to an investigative report published Dec. 11.
The report — published by USA Today, The Marshall Project, Reveal News and Mother Jones — is based on interviews with two dozen patients and healthcare providers, along with a review of hundreds of medical and court documents.
Four takeaways:
1. The report detailed numerous cases in which hospitals administered routine medications — such as morphine, fentanyl or ephedrine — to pregnant or laboring women and subsequently reported them to child welfare agencies when those substances appeared on drug test results for the patient or newborn. In some instances, women have faced...
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