Medication errors and adverse drug events (ADEs) are difficult to measure because of their great variability. No method in isolation can study every aspect of the ...

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 ...

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 that ...

Half of all heart patients made at least one medication-related mistake after leaving the hospital, and guidance from a pharmacist didn't seem to reduce those errors, in a new study. Consequences of ...

A chart-review study of medication errors in adult inpatients by Bates et al. [1] found that, for 530 errors identified on three medical units over a 51-day period, missing doses accounted for 53%, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Half of all heart patients made at least one medication-related mistake after leaving the hospital, and guidance from a pharmacist didn't seem to reduce those errors, in a ...