These errors primarily involved accidentally omitting medications that patients ... potentially including enhanced roles for ...

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 ...

While increasing attention has been directed recently toward recognizing and reducing medical errors, healthcare organizations have yet to benefit from a similar scrutiny of management mistakes.

We describe 3 categories of medical errors caused by failure to implement the intended discharge plans for recently hospitalized patients. Specifically, the medical errors defined in this study ...

Apart from losing human life, the cost of inefficient healthcare cost $40 billion annually. Medication errors like dispensing wrong medicines and treatment are taking five lives every minute ...

Instances of medication errors involving insulin administration pose significant health risks for patients and often result in Ftag citations and increased fines for skilled nursing facilities.

Fourthly, can our policymakers strengthen healthcare policies? Enforcing high standards and accountability will minimise medical errors. Fifth, can we make the much-discussed expansion of public ...