A stock photo of closeup of an older adult's hands holding packaged pills. Last week, the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine held a symposium focused on issues impacting caregivers, ...
The Agency for Healthcare Research Quality has published a fact sheet offering 20 tips to help prevent medical errors in children. Rates of medication errors and adverse drug events for hospitalized ...
Medication Errors are an adverse event that occurs too often in ambulatory surgery centers, says W. Jan Allison, RN, CHSP, director of accreditation and survey readiness, clinical services department, ...
As a pharmacist-health services researcher, Dr. Antoinette Coe studies how to improve medication use and safety. Some of her motivation comes from personal experiences as a caregiver and helping ...
As a pharmacist-health services researcher, Dr. Antoinette Coe studies how to improve medication use and safety. Some of her motivation comes from personal experiences as a caregiver and helping ...
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new study released today by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services, found that one in seven Medicare patients in the ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a pair of draft guidance documents aimed at guiding the selection of proprietary names for prescription and non-prescription drugs. The best ...
To understand what helps physicians manage distress and find support after making harmful errors, professors at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, the University of ...
The first year of medical residency (MR) is a major turning point in physicians’ careers. Evidence shows that the transition to clinical training places substantial professional and personal demands ...
Shortly before shift change, a patient with cirrhosis is admitted with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, a dangerous but treatable abdominal infection. The admitting provider orders the appropriate ...