This has made identification of medication errors difficult. Now smart infusion technologies allow the identification of errors. More important, they focus on the prevention of medication errors ...

While CPOE and other technologies provide valuable safeguards, another layer of safety is needed to provide nurses with comparable safeguards with respect to i.v. drug infusion. Oral orders and ...

medication errors or surgical errors – can be linked to issues in medical processes or workflows. One well-known model for preventing medical errors is the Swiss cheese model, which helps to ...

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 ...

While providers do everything in their power to prevent medication errors, interoperability and lack of visibility into a patient’s medication history can cause serious challenges. Prescribing ...

New Orleans-based Oschner Children’s and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices have started a joint fellowship, aiming ...

A study has revealed an estimated 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year, and avoidable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) cause hundreds of deaths. Researchers from the ...

Ochsner Children’s and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), a respected leader in medication error prevention, are announcing a shared fellowship focused on medication safety. The joint ...

Preventable patient harm remains a pressing issue in healthcare, with medication errors posing a significant threat. These errors contribute to an estimated 140,000 to 440,000 deaths annually in ...