The two separate incidents at the Vineland Developmental Center, home to 132 people with developmental disabilities, resulted ...
Electronic medical records (EMRs) can play an important role in the reduction of medication errors, but they should not be considered the be-all, end-all solution. Healthcare organizations, in fact, ...
Hospital pharmacies were surveyed about policies on medication error documentation and actions taken against pharmacists involved in an error. The survey was mailed ...
The first study to measure the incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events during the perioperative period -- immediately before, during and right after a surgical procedure -- has found ...
Documentation of medication history among the 33,070 patients involved in the study improved from 89 percent to 93 percent from pre-intervention to post-intervention. Additionally, 146 medication ...
In its widely cited 2001 report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) stated that most medical records are disorganized, illegible, and inaccessible, "making it nearly ...
A quality and safety inspection at UC Irvine Medical Center found a long delay in treatment for a patient’s potentially life-threatening heart condition, medication errors and breaches of patient ...
Electronic medical records (EMRs) can play an important role in the reduction of medication errors, but they should not be considered the be-all, end-all solution. Healthcare organizations, in fact, ...
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