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 than ...

Medication Errors are an adverse event that occurs too often in ambulatory surgery centers, says W. Jan Allison, RN, CHSP, director of accreditation and survey readiness, clinical services department, ...

Findings indicate that such software can dramatically improve patient safety during surgery. A new study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General ...

1. Ask questions and disclose as much information as you can. Ask your doctor or pharmacist questions about your medications and what they treat. Knowing what medications you take and why can help you ...

A study investigating medical errors has many healthcare professionals wondering if technology has the potential to reduce preventable medical errors, according to TNW News. 1. The study found of ...

A health worker at a Penda Health Clinic in Nairobi during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 Credit - PATRICK MEINHARDT/AFP—Getty Images There has been a lot of talk about the potential for AI in health, ...

For example, workers may draw medication from the right vial but mislabel the syringe, or they may correctly label the syringe but draw from the wrong vial. Although barcode labels, color-coding ...

To achieve goals of improving population health, reducing overall costs and preventing medical errors, it may be wise to invest in clinical informatics as well as electronic health records, according ...

For the purposes of this study, a "drug" includes prescription drugs and biologics, excluding blood and blood products and tissues for transplantation. The objectives of the study are: To develop a ...