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.

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Pennsylvania hospitals submitted 519 medication error reports to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority from June 2004-September 2010. The most common types of ...

Medication errors reported by registered nurses occur more frequently in the medical-surgical and intensive care units than any other hospital units, according to a ...

Psychological distress is the most common negative outcome experienced by healthcare professionals after making medication errors, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.

The most common drug class associated with registered nurse (RN) medication errors (ME) was cardiovascular drugs. These errors accounted for 24.7% of such preventable ...

Rehab hospitals that help people recover from major surgeries and injuries have become a highly lucrative slice of the health care business. But federal data and inspection reports show that some run ...

Poor communications between health care workers contributed to 25% of hospital incidents that put patients' safety at risk, researchers report in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Psychological ...

Regarding prescription medicines, some doctors know patients have challenges following their recommendations to the letter. “There are a lot of common mistakes patients will make when they’re taking ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children with cancer often get the wrong dose of chemotherapy or are given the drug at the wrong time, and many require treatment because of the errors, U.S. researchers said on ...