The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has offered a toolkit designed to enhance medication safety by using pharmacists as a safety measure in emergency departments.

Blacksburg, Va.-based eBroselow today launched a new clinical tool to help medical transport teams and emergency department staff safely administer drugs during acute emergency situations. The ...

Medication mistakes — in which the wrong drug or the wrong dose is given to a patient — are among the most common errors in medicine. John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the ...

Background Double-checking of medication administration is a safety practice used in hospitals around the world. Independence is recommended as the key to effectiveness. Independent double-checking ...

Objective Geriatric patients often face issues related to polypharmacy and adverse drug events. Re-evaluating prescribed medications and considering deprescribing is critical. Medication discrepancies ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Breaking through long-standing norms, a team of interdisciplinary researchers from Western Michigan ...

This post was paid for by an advertiser. The Herald-Dispatch newsroom was not involved in its creation. When in an emergency situation, if you are taken to the ER, you trust the staff to provide ...

John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma, or a patient doing poorly, there’s a ...