Kentucky is the first and only state to decriminalize medical errors. Kelly Jenkins, MSN, RN, executive director of the Kentucky Board of Nursing, told Becker’s the law will provide more psychological ...

ADHD-related medication errors rose 299 percent between 2000 and 2021, according to new research published in Pediatrics on Sept. 18. Experts from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Central ...

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

Georgia and Texas did not have mandatory reporting systems at the time of the survey but since have adopted them. Study Findings According to the study: More than two-thirds of executives surveyed ...

Patients are rarely informed when medication errors are made in hospitals, according to a study in Critical Care Medicine. Researchers studied hospital intensive care unit and non-ICU medication ...

A systematic review in the Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine finds medication errors remain widespread in Indian ...

Last week the Minnesota Department of Health published its Adverse Health Events report, detailing the occurrence and consequence of medical errors in the state during the previous year ("Annual ...

WASHINGTON -- A national system designed to increase reporting of medical errors won final congressional approval Wednesday and was sent to President Bush. It is estimated that more than 250 Americans ...

A report identifying medication errors or adverse drug events during half of all perioperative periods at Massachusetts General Hospital provides an opportunity to make improvements and is not ...