One person was assaulted by an employee and another has died after a medication mistake at a state institution for people ...

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 ...

Medication errors among pediatric cancer patients are more common when medicine is administered at home than at the hospital, according to a study in Pediatrics. Researchers observed medication ...

A systematic review in the Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine finds medication errors remain widespread in Indian ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hy-Vee Pharmacy at 410 N. Ankeny Blvd. in Ankeny, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth) An Ankeny pharmacy has been fined $1,000 for ...

New research suggests that medication errors are fairly common among pediatric patients with leukemia or lymphoma. Among 131 children taking nearly 1670 medications, researchers identified more than ...

A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient said that the state Board of Nursing acted improperly when ...

People living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus — and safety net clinics that serve them — have spent the past year on edge, ...

Jane Ryde says her husband would have been "horrified" by his impulsive behaviour, caused by his Parkinson's medication ...

EMINENCE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The investigation to an "alleged medication error" continues in Henry County. In an emergency called meeting on Aug. 28, the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy ordered Med Save ...

In the mid-1990s, researching a book about the quality of medical care, I discovered how the profession had for years been ignoring evidence about the appalling death ...