A collaborative pharmaceutical care intervention decreased inpatient medication errors by 77.8 percent at admission and 78.7 percent at discharge, according to a study in BMJ Quality and Safety.

Two-thirds of older adults experience medication errors during hospital stays, particularly when moving between different care settings, according to new research published in BMC Geriatrics.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medication administration errors led to negative feelings of guilt, fear and self-blame, according to a study ...

The invention has been dubbed the “Keurig for pills.” “The device would tell me first of all when it’s time to take ...

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 ...

Incidence of medication problems and their harm potential following hospital discharge among pediatric patients with epilepsy were not significantly different for individuals who received discharge ...

The family of Kyle Slade, a 40-year-old father of four who entered Copper Springs East for depression, has filed a lawsuit ...

Electronic health records, commonly used in hospitals, fail to detect potentially harmful medication problems up to one-third of time. Photo credit: Getty Images Despite improvements in their ...

The family says Rosezena Jackson's throat swelled so much that doctors were barely able to intubate her when she arrived at the hospital. (Photo: Craig Family){p}{/p} WASHINGTON (7News) — When 74-year ...

A team of researchers says it has developed the first wearable camera system that, with the help of artificial intelligence, detects potential errors in medication delivery. In a test, the video ...

New guidance published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) provides clear advice to reduce avoidable errors on all steps of the pathway involving injectable medications ...

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, ...