Medical errors are more common than you think, and they can lead to life-altering – or ending – outcomes. Here's how you can minimize your risks.

Seema Jaitly defines what constitutes a medication error and explains the process for accurate recording and reporting so that risks can be assessed and reduced ...

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 ...

According to a new report in the journal Pediatrics, most medication errors made in children happen between the ages of 3 and ...

Emerging technologies have been recommended as potential mechanisms for reducing medication errors. Critical evaluations of the impact of these new technologies on medication errors and other ...

Objective: To systematically review empirical evidence on the prevalence and nature of medication administration errors (MAEs) in health care settings. Data Sources: Ten electronic databases ...

The consequences can be fatal: almost 55,000 people die each year in Brazil, the equivalent of six per hour, due to medical errors. The data come from a survey by the Institute of Supplementary Health ...

The migraine I'd been suffering for two weeks was nothing compared to the searing pain that suddenly shot through the left side of my head as I lay sleeping in bed one night. It was a pain as ...

Medical malpractice occurs when healthcare professionals fail to meet the standard of care, harming patients. These mistakes can have life-altering consequences, including severe injuries, permanent ...

(Photo by Clark Kauffman/Iowa Capital Dispatch; board seal courtesy State of Iowa) The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has sanctioned several Iowa pharmacists for medication-dispensing errors and other ...