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Deadly Errors
A comatose man is given a fatal dose of insulin in the emergency room, even though he isn't diabetic. An ulcer patient dies of shock after receiving a transfusion of the wrong blood type. A recovering heart patient receives a double dose of medication and suffers a fatal heart attack. Brain surgeon Dr. Tyler Matthews suspects that something is seriously wrong with the hospital's new “Med-InDx” computerized medical record system. But he doesn't suspect that there's something murderously wrong with it. As Matthews begins to peel back the layers of deception that cover the deadly errors, he crosses powerful corporate interests who aren't about to let their multi-billion dollar medical record profits evaporate. Now a target, Matthews finds himself trapped in a maze of deadly conspiracy, with his career, his marriage, and his very life on the line.
362 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2005
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Allen Wyler
17 books59 followersAllen's thrillers have twice been nominated for the prestigious Thriller Award. He has served on the Board of Directors of the International Thriller Writers and is also an active member of the North American Crime Writers and Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Seattle.
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February 1, 2013
Neurosurgeon Tyler Matthews discovers something is wrong with his hospital's state-of-the-art medical records software. But, when he brings it to the attention of hospital administrators, they tell him that it's human error and that the software is infalliable. Tyler then conducts his own inverstigation, trying to get proof, and ends up running for his life. I enjoyed this book, with its plot twists and turns, but, I was a tad frustrated by Tyler's refusal to trust the FBI agent who could possibly help him (although he has his reasons-he was burned by cooperating with the FBI, who was trying to uncover Medicare fraud several years ago). I was ready for the story to conclude by the time I got to the end. Would I read another by the author, a former neurosurgeon himself? Yes, this book was good enough that I'd give another of his mystery/suspense books a try.
September 22, 2025
Medical thrillers are a little out of usual type of genres I read, but it was interesting to read one written by an actual neurosurgeon. It was ok, narrator did a good job so I had fun listening to it in the background while doing chores. The ending was a little sucky, but realistic.
June 30, 2014
Tyler Mathews is a doctor that loses his license to practice medicine in the state of California because of prescription drug use. He also loses his wife and his marriage. He is just now picking up the pieces and working at a hospital in Washington. His ex-wife has contacted him about possibly getting back together and things are looking up at work.
Then an emergency room patient dies from an overdose of insulin, Tyler has a patent that comes in and gets an overdose and dies a horribly, and other events start happening. The strange thing is that the new computer system is acting odd. Although the information is being entered correctly, it looks like someone has hacked into the system and changed it causing improper diagnosis, dosage, and treatment. Clearly there is something wrong with the new Med-InDx.
When Tyler lost his license in California, he had stumbled over the hospital stealing millions from Medicare. When he brought that to the light, they got rid of him with the drug charge. Because of that history, he is asked to look into the Med InDx. This is going to be hard to do when once again he is framed for drug use. But that is the easy part, now someone wants to silence his findings for good.
This is another great story from Allen Wyler. Initially I couldn’t careless with Tyler. He is caught doing drugs, loses everything, and then when he is starting we start with him abusing Ambien. But things look fishy when he loses his patient and it’s because of the dose being wrong in the computer system, I felt for him. The more I got into the story I felt for him. He was just trying to do the right thing and getting grief for it. I loved all the action with the Med InDx program. It’s creepy to think that doctors now use the electronic devices to help with their jobs and the possible outcomes of software issues and such.
This is a great medical thriller. If you have not read any of Allen Wyler’s other books, this would be a great one to start with. He is one author that you don’t want to miss.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
Then an emergency room patient dies from an overdose of insulin, Tyler has a patent that comes in and gets an overdose and dies a horribly, and other events start happening. The strange thing is that the new computer system is acting odd. Although the information is being entered correctly, it looks like someone has hacked into the system and changed it causing improper diagnosis, dosage, and treatment. Clearly there is something wrong with the new Med-InDx.
When Tyler lost his license in California, he had stumbled over the hospital stealing millions from Medicare. When he brought that to the light, they got rid of him with the drug charge. Because of that history, he is asked to look into the Med InDx. This is going to be hard to do when once again he is framed for drug use. But that is the easy part, now someone wants to silence his findings for good.
This is another great story from Allen Wyler. Initially I couldn’t careless with Tyler. He is caught doing drugs, loses everything, and then when he is starting we start with him abusing Ambien. But things look fishy when he loses his patient and it’s because of the dose being wrong in the computer system, I felt for him. The more I got into the story I felt for him. He was just trying to do the right thing and getting grief for it. I loved all the action with the Med InDx program. It’s creepy to think that doctors now use the electronic devices to help with their jobs and the possible outcomes of software issues and such.
This is a great medical thriller. If you have not read any of Allen Wyler’s other books, this would be a great one to start with. He is one author that you don’t want to miss.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
June 8, 2008
Very exciting medical thriller.
A frantic call to 911, your friend or family member is rushed to the hospital, so you begin to feel relieved. At least your loved one will be in safe hands. But that is not necessarily so if the hospital is Maynard Medical Center in Seattle. Maynard is trying out a new program called Med-InDx electronic medical records.
When Dr. Tyler Mathews has a patient die he is sure that the computer program has a bug but no one wants to believe him. Dr. Mathews has one strike against him from an experience in California and he is not anxious to have another mark on his record but he is just too good a doctor to sit back and allow a serious error to occur and not bring the problem to light.
As Dr. Mathews begins his investigation he finds that other people at the hospital have experienced similar incidents where records were altered although he is told that is just not possible.
Now that Dr. Tyler Mathews future begins to look brighter than it has in a long time this problem is about to plunge him into a situation where his medical career, his wife and even his life are in danger.
Deadly Errors is a book filled with suspense that I am really glad I had the pleasure of reading.
A frantic call to 911, your friend or family member is rushed to the hospital, so you begin to feel relieved. At least your loved one will be in safe hands. But that is not necessarily so if the hospital is Maynard Medical Center in Seattle. Maynard is trying out a new program called Med-InDx electronic medical records.
When Dr. Tyler Mathews has a patient die he is sure that the computer program has a bug but no one wants to believe him. Dr. Mathews has one strike against him from an experience in California and he is not anxious to have another mark on his record but he is just too good a doctor to sit back and allow a serious error to occur and not bring the problem to light.
As Dr. Mathews begins his investigation he finds that other people at the hospital have experienced similar incidents where records were altered although he is told that is just not possible.
Now that Dr. Tyler Mathews future begins to look brighter than it has in a long time this problem is about to plunge him into a situation where his medical career, his wife and even his life are in danger.
Deadly Errors is a book filled with suspense that I am really glad I had the pleasure of reading.
December 29, 2023
Although the story is well-plotted and the details of the plot are almost disturbingly prescient, this book is let down by its main character. Or rather, it's let down by its own lack of awareness about its main character. The narration claims that Tyler is falsely accused of using his position to illegally get drugs for himself... but also shows him using his position to illegally get drugs for himself. Just because it's a difference between OxyContin and Ambien, we're supposed to agree that he's being unjustly persecuted? They're both addictive substances, and either way he's being irresponsible with his medical license. It has a plot where shady executives discuss the possibility Tyler is cheating on his estranged wife, while also showing him seriously considering a romantic relationship with someone who isn't his estranged wife.
Tyler is still a fairly likable character, with reasonable human failings. But I don't get why the narration is so indignant over the FBI having "framed" him for things he actually did.
Tyler is still a fairly likable character, with reasonable human failings. But I don't get why the narration is so indignant over the FBI having "framed" him for things he actually did.
July 1, 2014
As in Allen Wyler's book, Dead Ringer, DEADLY ERRORS, will captivate you from page one. Allen Wyler's books make me want to read with one eye open - that is how realistic his stories are. He picks the reader up and drops them right smack in the middle of each situation as you race against time to figure our the plot. If nothing else, DEADLY ERRORS will make you cringe upon having to enter a hospital for even the most minor of procedures!
The book makes you realize that the computer age may not be all it's cracked up to be when the hospital computer begins changing random medicinal orders. As promised, you'll be reading this one between your fingers. As a neurosurgeon, the author definitely knows his way around an operating room, but to describe in detail the scenes in the book is truly an art.
The writing is excellent and the story-line fantastic. I am giving DEADLY ERRORS five stars.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
The book makes you realize that the computer age may not be all it's cracked up to be when the hospital computer begins changing random medicinal orders. As promised, you'll be reading this one between your fingers. As a neurosurgeon, the author definitely knows his way around an operating room, but to describe in detail the scenes in the book is truly an art.
The writing is excellent and the story-line fantastic. I am giving DEADLY ERRORS five stars.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
January 2, 2015
In Allen Wyler's Deadly Errors, one of his finest medical thrillers, he would enthrall and thrill you for sure. For Dr. Tyler Matthews, a brain surgeon, who worked at Seattle's Maynard Medical Hospital, he discovered a computerized glitch in the electronic medical records system. With his own investigation into a couple of patients death, he would risk his life to follow the trail on who was behind it. While the doctors and the nurses started to correct the drug and treatment errors, he believed that something was wrong behind it. And as he started to ask questions and voice his concerns about it to the hospital's management, he was stonewalled, developed skepticism, and received threats about going forward about it.
July 5, 2010
If you can get past the first few chapters, which a chock full of technical medical terms that most readers would say...HUH?... then this book is a good read! The second half of the book gets very suspensful. If you start to read this one and think after the first few chapters...I can't get into this...hang in there. You will get into it. Just be patient.
December 20, 2013
Love the story. But, I give it 3 stars instead of 4 stars because after you read certain pages, it become predictable how the story will end. Anyway, I still feel that this is great book. Cannot wait to read another book from Mr. Wyler.
March 23, 2012
This is a fast paced novel that engages the reader from the first page and carries through, well written and carefully plotted with believable dialogue and characters drawn with a fine pen.
October 25, 2012
Strong language warning. Very good story, strong thriller. Not overly graphic, IMHO, and good characters. More than enjoyable. Very good book.
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December 5, 2014
Not badly written and medical people might enjoy it more than I did but I found it exhausting.
December 7, 2013
intense volume but could use more suspense
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