Purpose: Processes that pharmacists can use to identify high-risk areas and drugs that require special focus in error-prevention efforts are discussed, with emphasis ...

Among a slew of health care policy bills likely to be debated during the 2022 legislative session are those related to lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Credit: CTMirror photo Planning is what ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Through a personal experience in her own life, Mandi Hall, a Microsoft senior user researcher, came to learn about the high rate of preventable medical errors in the US. The instances of medication ...

WILLOW GROVE, Pa., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), an ECRI company, has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ...

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death, yet healthcare systems continue to struggle to reduce them. A new ...

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 ...

Medication errors happen every eight minutes in the United States. However, many are preventable and take just seconds to do. As part of the weekly segment, “The Doctor Is In,” pediatrician Dr.

According to a new study published in the BMJ, medical errors now rank as the third leading cause of death in the U.S., with only heart disease and cancer accounting for more deaths. While I do ...

Many medication errors result from system failures and are not detected by the typical hospital self-reporting protocol. This has made identification of medication errors difficult. Now smart infusion ...