Article: Dennis Quaid, wife sue drug company after twins' overdose

Article: Medication errors in a rural hospital.(Research for Practice)(Clinical report)
MedSurg Nursing;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The incidence of medication errors has been increasing steadily, particularly...medications (Davis, 2002). Underreporting of medication errors is a problem. The number of medication errors reported nationally is believed to be only...

Article: Reducing Risk of Medication Errors: Announcing the Penn Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  October 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ......mission will be to examine medication errors and address practical...fatal effects. Sadly, medication errors are among the most common...is already known about medication errors. The elderly are most...

Article: Managing medication errors--a qualitative study.(Research for Practice)
MedSurg Nursing;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000). Medication errors accounted for 7,391 deaths in 1993...in 1983 (Kohn et al., 2000). These medication errors and the adverse reactions connected...widely report reluctance to disclose medication errors, particularly if an error does not...

Article: Fourth annual report on medication errors in U.S. hospitals issued.
Health & Medicine Week;  December 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......more than one third of hospital medication errors that reach the patient involve seniors...understand, and ultimately prevent medication errors in hospitals. The MEDMARX data report...comprehensive analysis of 192,477 medication errors as voluntarily reported by 482 hospitals...

Article: Most medication errors don't hurt hospital patients. (Performance Deficits).
OB GYN News;  February 1, 2003 ;     307 words ...Most medication errors that occur in hospitals do not harm patients, Diane Cousins said in a Webcast on medication errors sponsored by U.S. Pharmacopeia. Overall, 97.6% of medication errors that occurred in hospitals voluntarily...

Article: Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.
Hospital Topics;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract. Medication errors in hospital settings are considered...solution will radically reduce medication errors in hospitals and save the lives...failure mode effects analysis, medication errors, technology The Scope and Nature...

Article: U.S. Pharmacopeia 8th Annual MEDMARX(R) Report Indicates Look-Alike/Sound-Alike Drugs Lead to Thousands of Medication Errors Nationwide.
PR Newswire;  January 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......different drugs are implicated in medication errors due to brand and/or generic names...cough, infection, rash). To prevent medication errors, USP recommends that this powerful...been helpful in reducing potential medication errors, and the addition of MEDMARX look-ali...

Article: Hand-Offs and Lack of Coordination Contribute to Perioperative Medication Errors
AANA Journal;  May 1, 2007 ;     493 words ......face an increased risk of harmful medication errors throughout the surgery process due...released on March 6. The report studied medication errors in the perioperative setting-including...national analyses of perioperative medication errors, the MEDMARX report examined more...

Article: Medication errors frequently occur with anticoagulant therapy in hospitals.
Health & Medicine Week;  October 18, 2004 ;     288 words ......net) -- Recent research examined medication errors associated with anticoagulant therapy...patients is frequently associated with medication errors. To determine the extent and severity...reported, anticoagulation-related medication errors over a 3 1/2-year period. We identified...

Article: RESEARCHERS REPORT SURGE IN DEATHS DUE TO MEDICATION ERRORS
The Boston Globe;  February 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ......number of Americans who died from medication errors rose sharply between 1983 and 1993...the researchers, found that fatal medication errors had increased 2.6-fold. But among...room. Deaths officially ascribed to medication errors "may represent only the tip of the...

Article: Distracted, Overworked Health Workers Likely to Cause Medication Errors.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 5, 2002 ;     571 words ......are most likely to cause hospital medication errors that may injure or kill patients...hospitals voluntarily reported 105,600 medication errors last year that caused 14 deaths...estimated Wednesday that about 200 medication errors occur annually across the seven...

Article: SEN. GRASSLEY COMMENTS ON INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT ON MEDICATION ERRORS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 20, 2006 ;     523 words ......Medicine (IOM), Preventing Medication Errors. The IOM study, which examined the incidence and costs of medication errors, was mandated by the Medicare...each year as a result of medication errors. While IOM found that data...

Article: Just what the doctor ordered. Review of the evidence of the impact of computerized physician order entry system on medication errors.(Report)
Health Services Research;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...BACKGROUND Medication errors are associated with substantial...hospitalized patients experienced medication errors (Bond, Raehl, and Franke 2001...responsible for 50-61 percent of all medication errors (Bates et al. 1995b; Leape...

Article: Hand-Offs and Lack of Coordination During the Surgical Experience Contribute to High Rate of Harmful Medication Errors
U.S. Newswire;  March 6, 2007 ;     668 words ......face an increased risk of harmful medication errors throughout the surgery process due...released today. The report studied medication errors in the perioperative setting -- including...national analyses of perioperative medication errors, the MEDMARX report examined more...