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 ...

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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 ...

A Pittsburgh-area woman died after having an allergic reaction to an antibiotic she was given not once, but twice, during surgery to repair a hernia. During the first surgery, the procedure was halted ...

Catastrophic medicine errors causing “serious injury or death” are on the rise in South Australian public hospitals, with six horrendous mistakes recorded in the latest national data.

On October 8, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1286 (AB 1286), a sweeping pharmacy measure with several components aimed at promoting patient safety. Chief among AB 1286’s mandates is ...

Nashville — Vanderbilt University Medical Center was not upfront with the county medical examiner about a deadly medication error when a patient died after being ...