- Jury Awards $12.6 Million to Teenager Who Lost Her Limbs Due to Vaccination Error
- Online Pharmacies Offer Savings, but Also Present Risks
- Drug Confusion Causes Eye Injury, $1 Million Lawsuit
- FDA Weighs in on Marketing Pharmaceuticals via Social Media
- FDA Wants More Warning Label Information for Yaz
- State Revokes Three Professionals' Licenses to Prescribe Medication
- Doctors Offer Five Steps to Help Seniors Reduce Their Risk of Drug Side Effects
- Hospital Patient Mistakenly Given Drug Used in Executions
- Government Promotes Communication Between Doctors and Patients to Reduce Pharmacy Errors
- Pharmacist Jailed for Fatal Medication Error
- Infant Dies of Accidental Antibiotic Overdose in Hospital
- Hospitals and Pharmacies Hit by Nationwide Drug Shortages
- Patient Safety Initiatives in Maryland and Oregon are Showing Signs of Success
- Study Shows Further Links between DES Exposure and Cancer in Women Exposed In Utero
- Pharmacists Compete With Pill-Packing Robots for Patient Safety
- Preventing Medication Mix-Ups at the Pharmacy
- Patient Death During California Nurse Strike Possibly Due to Medication Error
- "Good Catch" Program Hopes to Encourage the Reporting of Pharmacy Errors Before They Occur
- Hospital Patients are Subject to an Average of One Medication Error per Day
- Fosamax Lawsuit in New York May Proceed, but With Limitations
- Reducing Medication Error Injury by Keeping Health Record Journals
- Report Finds Medication Errors in Chronic Drug Therapy After Seniors Leave Hospitals
- Medical Error Leaves Judge with Surgical Sponge in Body
- New Palm-Vein Scanning Technology Introduced to Reduce Medical Errors in Hospitals
- WHO Claims Hospitals Are More Dangerous Than Airline Travel
- The Benefits and Problems of Electronic Medical Records Systems
- Safety of Electronic Medical Records Questioned After Pharmacy Error Leads to Death of Infant
- Risperdal Recalled by Manufacturer Due to Drug Contamination
- Report Warns Consumers to Take Precautions With Drug Labels and Instructions
- Consumer Reports Health Investigation Finds Drug Label Warning Inconsistency
- Medication Errors Linked to Death of Patient in Nursing Home
- New Study Finds Electronic Medication Error Rates Consistent with Handwritten Prescriptions
- FDA Warns of Confusion between Risperdal and Requip, Leading to Medication Error
- Walgreens Pharmacy Misfill Causes Dosing Error
- Study Shows Transition to Electronic Medical Record Systems May Cause Potential Errors
- FDA Tips for Administering OTC Medication to Children—to Reduce Medication Error Injury
- Hospital Fined $50K in Medication Mistake
- New FDA Guidelines to Prevent Children’s OTC Medication Errors
- FDA Panel Looks to Prevent Drug Error by Changing Children’s Acetaminophen Product Labels
- Prescription Error Overdose Leads to Paralysis, Victim Hopeful for Recovery
- Lack of Medication Adherence Can Cause Serious Medication Reactions and Injury
- NCL Campaign to Improve Medication Adherence and Patient Safety
- FDA Redesigns Pharmacy Packet Inserts to Avoid Medication Error Injury
- CVS Pharmacy Error Leads to Amoxicillin Overdose in Child
- Walgreens Pharmacy Misfill Leaves Toddler With Dangerous Drug
- Pharmaceutical Company Must Reveal Fentanyl Patch Data in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
- Children's Hospitals Form Collective Effort on Patient Safety to Prevent Medication Errors
- Benefits of Robo Pharmacy Technology in Reducing Prescription Errors
- UCSF Employs New Automated Pharmacy to Prevent Pharmacy Error
- 500 Unapproved Prescription Cough and Cold Medications Banned by FDA
- Hospital Sued for Wrongful Death After Patient Dies from Drug Error
- Pharmacy Misfill and Medication Error Prevention
- Another Child Receives Prescription Mix-up From Same Walgreens Pharmacy
- Prescription Pain Medication Error Due to Alleged Drug Theft
- Study Finds Frequency of Pain Relieving Medication Errors in Hospitals
- Keeping Accurate Health Records and Medication Lists Can Prevent Medical Errors
- Dangerous Safeway Pharmacy Mix-up Gives Pregnant Woman Wrong Medication
- Study Finds Small Doses of Drugs From Syringes Could Cause Medication Error in Children
- FDA Reports on Fatal Morphine Oral Solution Medication Errors
- ISMP—Prescribing Fentanyl Pain Medication for Short-Term Pain Be Deadly
- Pharmacy, Nursing Home Sued After Pharmacy Misfill Leads to Resident’s Death
- A Pharmacy’s Guide to Medication Therapy Management
- Man Died from Overdose of Fentanyl—Widow Sues Center for Medication Error
- Medication Therapy Management and the Prevention of Medication Error
- CVS Pharmacy Misfill Mixes up Child’s Hyperactivity Drug with Methadone
- State Rep. Robert Nutting Disciplined for Pharmacy Misfill
- Healthcare Center Sued for Wrongful Death After Man Dies from Pain Medication Overdose
- Glaxo Pays $750M in Settlement for Violations in Pharmaceutical Drug Manufacturing
- Maryland Hospitals Decrease Medication Error with New Technology
- Study Finds Maryland Hospitals Improve Safety and Health Standards
- Study Shows Barcode eMAR Technology Can Help Reduce Medication Errors
- Children’s Hospital Launches Initiative to Prevent Medication Error
- Pharmacy Error Gives Wrong Drug to Premature Babies
- Medication Error Reduced By “Scanning” Patients for Electronic Records
- CVS Pays $75 million for Illegal Sale of Pseudoephedrine in Stores
- Reporting Children’s Medication Errors Can Help in Prevention
- Medication Error Causes Death in Washington State Hospital
- DEA Fights Prescription Drug Errors and Abuse with National Take-Back Initiative
- Woman Sues Medical Center for Negligence Over Accidental Reuse of Syringe During Surgery
- Walgreen’s Pharmacy Error Sends Two-year-old Child to the Hospital
- Preventing Prescription Errors: Consumer Reports Health Poll Finds Patients Want More Drug Information
- Study Reviews Risk Levels Associated with Pharmacy Drug Dispensing
- Family Sues Hospital for Wrongful Death in Morphine Overdose
- ISMP Licenses MEDcounselor Drug Information to Prevent Medication Error
- Promoting Electronic Prescribing in Physician Practices
- E-prescribing Usage Increases with Doctors, but Not Without Problems
- USP Advisory Panel Pushes for Prescription Label Standardization
- Man Sues CVS for Pharmacy Misfill
- Forum Guidance Leads FDA to Help Reduce Medication Errors
- Woman Sues Walgreens for Seizure Medication Pharmacy Error
- Drug Alert Warns Epinephrine Syringe Shortage Could Lead to Dosing Error Risks
- Man Dies After Receiving Overdose of Drug in Hospital
- “July Effect” Study—Report Suggests July is the Worst Month for Fatal Medication Errors
- Medication Mistake Causes Accident Death and Takes Toddler’s Life
- Family Sues UPMC Hospital for Medication Mistake that Led to Wrongful Death
- Patient Sues Wal-Mart Pharmacy for Prescription Mix-Up
- Actor Dennis Quaid Sues Baxter Healthcare Again Over Near-Fatal Drug Error
- FDA Accuses Franck’s Pharmacy of Illegal Compounding
- The Problem of Prescription Language Translations in Pharmacies
- Second Major Recall for J&J—FDA Found Manufacturing Violations in Children’s OTC Drugs
- Electronic Prescriptions and the Path to Preventing Medication Errors
- Study Shows E-Prescribing Significantly Reduces Prescription Errors
- Hollywood Prescription Drug Abuse —Illegal Drug Rackets and “Doctor Shopping”
- Baltimore, Maryland Pharmacist Sentenced for Selling Illegal Prescription Drugs to Dealer
- Pharmacy Error in English-Spanish translated Drug Labels and Instructions
- Doctors Discover Millions of Patients Got Heart Pills Unapproved by F.D.A.
- AHRQ Tips for Preventing Medical Mistakes with Children
- Keeping Children Safe—Eliminating Mistakes from the Children’s Healthcare Industry
- Eight-Year Old Injured After Pharmacy Error and Prescription Misfill
- Wrongful Death Award Upheld—Walgreens to Pay Family $33 Million in Damages
- ISMP Reports of New Medication Errors Leading to Drug Omissions
- New Legislation for the Safe Disposal of Nursing Home Resident Drugs
- Incentives to Using Electronic Health Records in Physician Practices
- Reducing Medical Error by Implementing Electronic Health Records
- Walmart Pharmacy Misfill—Teenager's Acne Prescription Wrongly Filled with Viagra
- Hospitals Fined by CDPH for Alleged Medication Mistakes
- Jury Orders Rite Aid to Pay $2.5 Million for Pharmacy Misfill
- Lawsuit Accuses Hospital of Medication Mistake and Wrongful Death
- FDA Pressures Johnson & Johnson for Broad Recall of OTC Drugs
- Dangerous Error-Prone Prescription Abbreviations
- Local Pharmacy Mistake Kills 21 Polo Horses
- Steps for Preventing Prescription Errors in Pharmacies
- Understanding the Prescription Drug’s Path through a Pharmacy can Reduce Error
- Pharmacy Mistake Leads to Wrongful Death—Rite Aid Faces Lawsuit
- Childrens' Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine Recalled in Maryland
- QJM: How to Prevent Medication Errors and Injury with Balanced Prescribing
- Walgreen’s Pharmacy Misfill—Child Given Heart Medication Instead of H1N1 Antiviral Drug
- Alert for Public Safety—FDA Reports Medication Error with Tamiflu
- Dangerous Drug Abbreviations that Lead to Medical Injury
- Death from Medication Error Leads to Prevention Awareness
- Veterans Hospital Paves the Way for Computerized Records
- Medication Error Injury Prevention—Study Recommends Knowing Your Pharmacist
- Cardiac Medication Dosing Errors Reported Most Commonly With Infants
- ISMP Medication Error Cases and Prevention Checklist
- Patient Safety Alert: ISMP Reports Medication Error with Drug Name Suffixes
- Maryland Law Encourages Maryland Doctors to Computerize Patient Records
- Patient Safety Alert: Medication Mistakes with Injected Medicines Are Frequent
- Government Program Hopes to Reduce Medication Mistakes Across the Country
- Maryland Judge Refuses to Apply Cap on $3 Million Jury Award in Medical Mistake Case
- New Technology: Handheld Device May Help Reduce Hospital Medication Errors
- Universal Medication Form May Help Reduce the Risk of Injuries From Dangerous Prescription Interactions
- U.S. Army Uses Electronic Health Records To Help Reduce Medication Errors
- Side Effect Labels on Prescription Bottles May Help Reduce Injuries
- Maryland Medication Error Prevention Checklist
- MRI Scans and Drug Patches with Metal May Cause Burns
- Monetary Bonuses Convince More Physicians to Use Electronic Prescription Programs
- Reminder after Reading a Story from Institute for Safe Medication Practices (“ISMP”)
- Children at Maryland Schools Rely on School Nurses for Proper Medication
- Chewing Some Prescription Medications Can be Harmful
- In Maryland and D.C., People With Visual Impairment Suffer From Pharmacy Errors
- Hospital Uses New Computer System to Reduce Pharmacy Errors
- New York Pharmacies to Provide Foreign Language Prescription Instructions
- Medication Errors in Maryland Pharmacies May be Reduced with Periodic Brown Bag Check Ups
- Pharmacy Malpractice Insurance Companies Advice to Pharmacists Facing A Claim: Admit Nothing
- Maryland Passes Law to Regulate Pharmacy Technicians
- Maryland Pharmacists Must Offer to Educate Patients on Medication Errors
- Maryland and D.C. Pharmacies Among Those Requesting Federal Aid
- Pharmacy Errors Harm Children More Than Adults, So Says the Joint Commission
- Medication Errors Common in Hospital Outpatient Cancer Clinics
- The Maryland Board of Pharmacy Accepts Complaint Forms When Pharmacy Errors Occur
- Hospital Pharmacies Require Experienced Hospital Pharmacists
- Maryland Hospital Pharmacy or Local Drugstore Errors: The Case to Be Made
- Nationwide, Medication Errors Put Millions in Danger
- Maryland Patients Face Dangers Caused by Prescription Abbreviations
- Maryland Pharmacists Warn of Anticoagulation Medication Errors
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