When Dr. David Friedman was a young doctor in South Africa, he didn’t know much. But one thing he did know was what drugs his patients were receiving in the cardiac unit of the old Johannesburg ...

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 than ...

"Hospitals spend millions of dollars to implement CPOE systems, but our results clearly show that many hospitals' systems are not operating as well as they should, putting patients' lives at risk." To ...

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, ...

Though it is debated whether the overdose caused Harper's later problems, her story is only one of more than a million stories of people who are harmed by avoidable drug errors. An estimated 1.5 ...

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, ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health is using artificial intelligence to identify potential medication errors and improve pharmacy workflows, the health system said June 29. Ballad is using a ...

For the purposes of this study, a "drug" includes prescription drugs and biologics, excluding blood and blood products and tissues for transplantation. The objectives of the study are: To develop a ...

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