The state assessed a $43,000 penalty following a medication error and also criticized the hospital’s handling of emergency ...

California hospital fined 43K after a medication error led to immediate jeopardy and patient harm at Memorial Medical Center in Modesto.

Marja Härkänen, PhD, RN, from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio, and colleagues examined medication administration errors reported in acute care in 2007 to 2016 using data from the National ...

A former Tennessee nurse is guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong medication, a jury found Friday. She was also found guilty of gross ...

The validity and cost-effectiveness of three methods for detecting medication errors were examined. A stratified random sample of 36 hospitals and skilled-nursing facilities in Colorado and Georgia ...

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

A new set of guidelines features recommendations for nearly a dozen focal points where medication errors can be avoided in the hospital setting, including admission, monitoring, and discharge. The ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The California Department of Public Health found that Adventist Health Simi Valley, seen here on Sept. 22, "failed to ensure that ...

HEALTH officials have issued an urgent warning over a common anti-diarrhoea medication. Some batches of the drug were ...