Have you ever forgotten to take your blood pressure drug? Or grabbed a teaspoon from a kitchen drawer to measure liquid medication­? Those are two examples of medication errors that are all too easy ...

One of the basic assumptions about health care is that patients take medications to aid care. However, there may be times when medication does not aid care, but rather, jeopardizes patient safety.

The inpatient pharmacy component of the medication-use process is complex and error prone. Its functioning relies on interactions among providers, patients ...

In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care technology to positively impact medication ...

COLUMBIA — By the time emergency medical services workers arrived at the Chesco group home in Pageland in Chesterfield County, Michael Ashby Farrow had already died. Police said the 55-year-old ...

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 ...

Medication errors appear to be common, often hidden and associated with adverse events among patients receiving outpatient care after an organ transplant, according to a report in the March issue of ...

These data show that direct observation detected administration errors at a much higher rate and more accurately than either chart review or incident report review. The detection rate of false ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A former Indianapolis CVS (Consumer Value Stores) employee says understaffing is causing frequent medication mistakes at a near north side store location. Katie Forbes is a ...

The results of this simulation model suggest that implementing a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation intervention at hospital discharge could be cost-saving compared with usual care. Objectives: ...

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