True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse than ...

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Every eight minutes, a child experiences a medication error at home. These mistakes can be life-threatening. Errors can include administering the wrong medication ...

Incidence of medication problems and their harm potential following hospital discharge among pediatric patients with epilepsy were not significantly different for individuals who received discharge ...

Sandra Hall entered the HealthPartners Same Day Surgery Center in St. Paul to fix arthritis in her left thumb. When she left, in an ambulance, she was unresponsive ...

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Background: The magnitude and consequences of medical errors are controversial issues; nevertheless, there is a consensus on the preventability of medication errors ...

An electronic health record (EHR) system helped reduce prescription errors of physicians in a New York City clinic, but doctors found transitioning to the electronic records difficult, according to a ...

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In the mid-1990s, researching a book about the quality of medical care, I discovered how the profession had for years been ignoring evidence about the appalling death ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I think it would be very enlightening if you would write a follow-up piece on the third leading cause of death in the United States. I am certain you are aware that I am referring to ...