Researchers have determined several factors associated with an increased and decreased risk of medication errors, according to a study published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. For the study, ...

Purpose. The accuracy, efficiency, and efficacy of four commonly recommended medication safety assessment methodologies were systematically reviewed. Methods. Medical literature databases were ...

Computerized provider order entry decreased the risk of medication errors by nearly half, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Researchers conducted a ...

State regulators faulted two hospitals in Southern California for medication errors that put patients at risk, including an elderly patient who suffered a brain bleed after receiving repeated doses of ...

Observational studies describe high rates of errors in home oral chemotherapy use in children. In hospitals, proactive risk assessment methods help front-line health ...

A novel machine learning system effectively stratifies emergency department use and hospitalization risk of older patients with multimorbidity who take multiple medications and provides appropriate ...

The NHS trust running Cornwall's largest hospital had to pay out more than £20,000 in compensation for administering the wrong medication to patients, new data shows. New data obtained by Medical ...

Polypharmacy—the concurrent use of multiple medications—is a global challenge, and the active participation of patients and ...

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 ...