The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has released an updated toolkit to combat the high incidence of medication errors in ambulatory care settings. The updated guidance takes into ...

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

Preventable medical errors encompass a wide range of mistakes including misdiagnosis, medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections and communication breakdowns among health ...

Poor communications between health care workers contributed to 25% of hospital incidents that put patients' safety at risk, researchers report in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Psychological ...

Close to one-third of Oregonians have experience with medical errors like incorrectly prescribed medication or botched surgeries, but providers often failed to adequately inform them of their errors, ...