While medication errors are still a frequent occurrence in nursing homes, their impact on the actual health of patients is limited, suggests new study findings published in the Journal of the American ...

Several factors, including case type and provider experience, influence whether anesthesiologists report medication errors, according to a study published in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.

Children are at risk of serious medication errors from electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) systems, despite the belief that they are safer than traditional prescribing practices ...

New research suggests that medication errors are fairly common among pediatric patients with leukemia or lymphoma. Among 131 children taking nearly 1670 medications, researchers identified more than ...

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 ...

Unfortunately, nursing home abuse occurs more frequently than you might think, even in the Puget Sound region. While many forms of abuse leave physical marks (like a scratch or bruise), some forms of ...

Findings indicate that such software can dramatically improve patient safety during surgery. A new study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General ...

Polypharmacy—the concurrent use of multiple medications—is a global challenge, and the active participation of patients and their families in decisions about medication use is essential. In a new ...

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 ...