Medical errors are more common than you think, and they can lead to life-altering – or ending – outcomes. Here's how you can minimize your risks.

Purpose: Processes that pharmacists can use to identify high-risk areas and drugs that require special focus in error-prevention efforts are discussed, with emphasis on the need for i.v ...

Preventing weight-related medication errors Consistently recording accurate patient weights has been a challenge at hospitals for years, said Abazia, a clinical associate professor at Rutgers who ...

The number of adverse events in Minnesota hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and community behavioral health hospitals decreased from 312 to 301 in 2009, according to a report released today ...

True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse ...

This has made identification of medication errors difficult. Now smart infusion technologies allow the identification of errors. More important, they focus on the prevention of medication errors ...