North Penn Now

Common Medical Coding Errors and How to Avoid Them

In today’s healthcare landscape, medical practices work hard to deliver excellent patient care while also ensuring smooth ...
Becker's Hospital Review

9 Most Common Medical Errors

At the Patient Safety Movement Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), shared a list of the nine most common medical errors in the United States. Addressing ...
AOL

Common medical errors kill scores each year in the U.S., especially women and minorities

Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born. At times, Watkins, then 30, had to stop on the stairway to catch her breath. Her ...
Medscape

RN Med Errors Common, Especially in Medical-Surgical Units, ICUs

The most common drug class associated with registered nurse (RN) medication errors (ME) was cardiovascular drugs. These errors accounted for 24.7% of such preventable ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Wrong-Drug Event Most Common Medication Error in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania hospitals submitted 519 medication error reports to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority from June 2004-September 2010. The most common types of ...
News4Jax

Common medication mistakes to avoid

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Careful attention is needed to prevent common medication errors HEALTHY KIDS

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Last year, the Missouri Regional Poison Center handled more than 195,000 calls, many of them related to errors with prescription ...