Unfortunately, medical malpractice happens daily in hospitals, clinics and other care settings throughout the United States. To understand just how often healthcare providers make errors, check out ...

Preventable medical errors encompass a wide range of mistakes including misdiagnosis, medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections and communication breakdowns among health ...

Incidence of medication problems and their harm potential following hospital discharge among pediatric patients with epilepsy were not significantly different for individuals who received discharge ...

A new study by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority found that the primary reason for medication errors is administrative error. The study analyzed 800 instances ...

In the March 2001 issue of Health Care News, we reported “as many as 98,000 Americans are dying each year as a result of medical errors. Former President Clinton and Congress jumped on the issue ...

A female Pharmacist scanning pill box. Barcode technology can reduce medication errors by ensuring that the right drug is administered to the right patient at the right time, in the right dose, using ...

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with wearable technology is creating groundbreaking solutions in the healthcare sector. Among these innovations, AI ...

The spectre of medical errors is a critically important subject, one that is as old as organised medical practice itself. What is striking, however, is not merely their longevity but their alarming ...