The Joint Commission's latest Sentinel Event Alert, which was released this morning, urges healthcare leaders to become more involved in the prevention of medical errors at their facilities, as well ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices has signed a contract with the FDA to assist in evaluating products and issue alerts about emerging ...

If all medical errors were counted together as a single cause, they would likely rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States. As health care personnel race to improve the quality of ...

HORSHAM, Pa., & DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), with the support of Baxter International, is launching a two-year International Safe Medication ...

Medical errors come in various forms, and they can occur at any stage of the healthcare process. Some common types of medical errors include diagnostic errors, medication errors, surgical errors, and ...

Surges in COVID-19 patient volume place significant physical and emotional demands on clinicians, which can lead to an onslaught of preventable medication errors, according to the Institute for Safe ...

The frequency of medication errors among children who take drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) reported to US poison control centers ...

This article presents my personal experiences as a physician who underwent laryngectomy for hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. I describe the numerous medical and surgical errors that occurred ...

LEAH BINDER: Investors seem reluctant to back manufacturers of products that protect patient safety, such as fabrics that resist bacterial infection, devices that prevent wrong intravenous (IV) dosing ...

Nab-paclitaxel weekly or q3w compared to docetaxel q3w as first-line therapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer: An economic analysis of a prospective randomized trial No significant financial ...