Medical error can be understood as an unintended act either of commission or omission, within the context of healthcare. Errors can occur at either the individual- or ...

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide, rivaling heart disease and cancer. Yet while medicine has ...

New credential formally recognizes pharmacy technicians as essential leaders in medication error prevention and patient ...

If all medical errors were counted together as a single cause, they would likely rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States. As health care personnel race to improve the quality of ...

Surges in COVID-19 patient volume place significant physical and emotional demands on clinicians, which can lead to an onslaught of preventable medication errors, according to the Institute for Safe ...

HORSHAM, Pa., & DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), with the support of Baxter International, is launching a two-year International Safe Medication ...

Nab-paclitaxel weekly or q3w compared to docetaxel q3w as first-line therapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer: An economic analysis of a prospective randomized trial No significant financial ...

Pediatric trauma patients with chronic conditions experience more medical errors than pediatric trauma patients without chronic conditions, according to a study published in SAGE Open Medicine.

In the mid-1990s, researching a book about the quality of medical care, I discovered how the profession had for years been ignoring evidence about the appalling death ...

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA), on behalf of the European Union (EU) Regulatory Network, has released two draft good practice guides that aim to improve the reporting, evaluation and prevention ...