The first core area involved improving the medical center's culture and systems for using unique patient identifiers and wristbands. In 2003, the medical center launched initiatives to identify ...

Jody L. Green, PhD, explains how regulatory decisions shape medication safety amid uptake of OTC drugs. Green also highlights ...

Medication reconciliation is an important part of maintaining medication safety, and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses calls on all perioperative RNs to focus on safety during the six ...

The new JCAHO medication management standards place a greater emphasis on medication safety than did previous standards. The new standards are also more prescriptive and have a larger number of more ...

Objective Geriatric patients often face issues related to polypharmacy and adverse drug events. Re-evaluating prescribed medications and considering deprescribing is critical. Medication discrepancies ...

Continuous process improvement can benefit all aspects of life — from personal New Year’s resolutions to complex drug development. In a world where two-thirds of planned improvement initiatives fail, ...

There is an epidemic of antidepressant use across the Western world. In England, the number of prescriptions for antidepressants has more than tripled in two decades, and as more people are taking ...