medication error

Pharmacists are caught in a bind; filling a prescription requires more than simply counting out some pills; at minimum, there is a safety check and a need to ensure that the prescription is medically correct and correctly filled.

Let’s be real, some of us are ideal patients while the remainder of us could certainly use a little work in this arena. Admittedly, doctors are the worst.

A new study published in Pediatrics details the call burden on US Poison Control Centers by analyzing the 156,365 reports of unintentional a

Medication mistakes outside of a health care facility are on the rise and resulting in serious outcomes—with home locations leading the pack.