A patient diagnosed with thyroid problems filled a prescription for the drug levothyroxine. It was written by the doctor for 75 micrograms. It was dispensed at 25 micrograms. Months went by before the ...

Learn how medication errors lead to clinical negligence claims, from prescription failures to administration mistakes and ...

It’s every pharmacist’s worst fear: To come home from a busy day at work and realize that they failed to consult with a patient about a potentially dangerous interaction, or filled a prescription ...

This Walgreens store at 4600 86th St., Urbandale, Iowa, is one of three Walgreens stores to be recently sanctioned by the state. (Photo via Google Earth) Three Iowa Walgreens stores have been fined by ...

The College of Registered Nurses and Midwives of P.E.I. has suspended a nurse for 90 days because of what the college called ...

New credential formally recognizes pharmacy technicians as essential leaders in medication error prevention and patient ...

A new study by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority found that the primary reason for medication errors is administrative error. The study analyzed 800 instances ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A Sioux City pharmacy is accused of mismanaging prescriptions and not keeping proper records, according to state officials. Documents filed by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy say ...

Machine learning-based clinical decision support can be an effective way to review the accuracy of medical prescription orders, a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices on Jan. 27 released its list of the top 10 medication errors from 2020, selecting errors and hazards that have not only been consistently reported, but also ...

When most of us pick up a prescription, we assume our pharmacist is giving us the right medication. But the state is currently investigating hundreds of cases of prescription errors. Betty Thompson ...