The most common drug class associated with registered nurse (RN) medication errors (ME) was cardiovascular drugs. These errors accounted for 24.7% of such preventable ...

At the Patient Safety Movement Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), shared a list of the nine most common medical errors in the United States. Addressing ...

Surgeons and designers have worked together to build a new type of hospital bed space that they hope will reduce common medical errors. "Amazingly enough, one in 10 patients who go into hospital in ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS | Severe bed sores brought on by neglect and sponges or other objects left in patients following surgeries were the most common medical errors reported in Indiana last year, a state Web ...

New Delhi [India], March 13: Effective communication is the foundation of any successful healthcare system, ensuring that patients receive accurate diagnoses, appropriate treatments, and compassionate ...