The validity and cost-effectiveness of three methods for detecting medication errors were examined. A stratified random sample of 36 hospitals and skilled-nursing facilities in Colorado and Georgia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our 21-year-old daughter with a disability was overdosed with her own medication within two days of entering a New Jersey group ...

Marja Härkänen, PhD, RN, from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio, and colleagues examined medication administration errors reported in acute care in 2007 to 2016 using data from the National ...

Medication errors can happen to anyone in any place, including your home and at your health care provider's office, as well as a hospital, pharmacy or senior living facility. Children are especially ...

A toddler's alleged vision loss has sparked a hospital probe, highlighting the importance of medication safety, prompt eye ...

The inpatient pharmacy component of the medication-use process is complex and error prone. Its functioning relies on interactions among providers, patients ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The California Department of Public Health found that Adventist Health Simi Valley, seen here on Sept. 22, "failed to ensure that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The error rate among children aged older than 12 years was 20.9 per 100 orders ...

Incidence of medication problems and their harm potential following hospital discharge among pediatric patients with epilepsy were not significantly different for individuals who received discharge ...

Medication errors refer to mistakes in prescribing, dispensing and giving medications. They injure hundreds of thousands of people every year in the United States. Yet most medication errors can be ...

Exactly 889 medication error reports submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2016, listed healthcare information technology ...

More than 237 million medication errors are made every year in England, the avoidable consequences of which cost the NHS upwards of £98 million and more than 1700 lives every year, indicate national ...