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Each year, medication errors are responsible for 7,000 patient deaths and cost the healthcare system $2 billion. Even more shocking, perhaps, is the knowledge that nearly 50% of potential medication ...

Credit: Getty Images. The discovery evidence in this case, particularly the deposition evidence, made it clear that the plaintiff had a strong case against the hospital. Mistakes happen. They happen ...

Electronic medical records (EMRs) can play an important role in the reduction of medication errors, but they should not be considered the be-all, end-all solution. Healthcare organizations, in fact, ...

More than 237 million medication errors are made every year in England, the avoidable consequences of which cost the NHS upwards of £98 million and more than 1700 lives every year, indicate national ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Three-year-old John Casolaro's parents had no idea what was wrong when he was sick this past December. Then, his father noticed something unusual while mixing the boy's liquid ...