Category: Medication Errors
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New Book “Medication Errors” Is Subject Of A Good Review In NEJM
This Second Edition Has Detailed, Useful Information For Doctors And Pharmacists (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The August 9, 2007 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has an insightful book…
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Millions In U.S. Fail To Take Their Medicine Correctly, And The Consequences Can Be Deadly
Medication Non-Adherence In America Is A National Crisis Costing Billions Of Dollars According To An August 2007 Report (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Two July 30, 2007 articles by Lauran Neergaard, a reporter…
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The Adverse Drug Reactions And Medication Errors That Require Hospital Care Most Often
Some Lessons Learned From A "Top 10" Drug Errors Session At The American Pharmacists Association 2007 Annual Meeting (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting was held in…
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More Than One Million Hospitalized Patients Experienced Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) In 2004
Findings Of April 2007 AHRQ Report On Side Effects And Other Medication Problems In American Hospitals (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A recent online article provided a summary of the findings from the…
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List Of Internet Sites That Provide Medication Information And Drug Interaction Checkers
Patients Should Use These Free Self-help Resources In Addition To Telling Doctor About All Current Drugs And Supplements (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In the February 27, 2007 edition of the Washington Post…
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Health Canada’s MedEffect Now Offers Online Reporting Of Adverse Drug Reactions
Objective Is To Increase Percentage Of ADRs That Get Reported To Regulators In October 2006 Health Canada announced that its MedEffect web site is now able to accept online reports of suspected adverse drug…
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Some Recommendations To Reduce Serious Adverse Drug Reactions In The U.S. (Part of Series: ADRs in US)
Part Three: Medication Errors Can Be Reduced By Better Prescribing Methods In our first part of this series, we looked at the extent of serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the U.S., and in…
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Extent Of Serious Adverse Drug Reactions In The U.S. (Part of Series: ADRs in US)
Part One: An Introduction To This All Too Common Problem The World Health Organization defines adverse drug reactions (ADRs), also known as adverse drug events (ADEs), in this manner: A response to a drug…
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Drug Errors Occur At All Points In Medication Process
Implementation Of Monitoring Programs Can Reduce And Prevent Mistakes In June 2006 the medical journal Quality & Safety in Healthcare published an article, "Computer based medication error reporting: insights and implications", that demonstrated drug…
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March 2006 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Tamiflu, Paxil, Avandia, Amicar and Omacor Name Confusion, and More The FDA’s Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of monthly video news shows intended primarily for doctors and other health care…