COLUMBIA — The director of the state's disabilities agency is warning providers not to allow untrained staff to administer medications to vulnerable adults in their care after officials discovered ...

Researchers implemented a medication reconciliation interview to improve accuracy of and adherence to medication reconciliation. DENVER — Implementation of a standardized medication reconciliation ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- First responders received training Friday on how to use the medication Narcan, which blocks the effects of opioids, such as Fentanyl. Narcan contains the antidote Naloxone.

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT), such as naltrexone, is a well-documented successful treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). However, there are multiple barriers for clinicians to use MAT, ...

Pharmacies and providers are turning to AI to better understand why their patients aren’t following doctors’ orders on their prescriptions. Like pretty much all of AI, ambient tools are evolving at a ...

Medication errors experienced by patients include taking the wrong dose or quantity of a particular drug, as well as omission of a drug or taking unlicensed drugs. Nurses who had attended medication ...

Dr. Marc Lashley received almost no training in medical school in how to deal with children’s mental health issues. But when he started practicing as a pediatrician, he found there was a critical — ...

For the past decade there has been a debate raging within the American Psychological Association (APA) as to whether psychologists should be allowed to prescribe medication. I say "debate," but in ...