Objective: To determine the prevalence of medical errors related to the discontinuity of care from an inpatient to an outpatient setting, and to determine if there is an association between these ...

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 ...

In December 2017, a nurse at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center made a fatal medication error, which resulted in criminal charges. Five years later (because of delays and COVID), RaDonda ...

A two-year-old boy arrives at the hospital with a virus and low potassium. His family expect monitoring, fluids, and a careful recovery. Instead, a lawsuit alleges that a single misplaced decimal ...

On October 8, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1286 (AB 1286), a sweeping pharmacy measure with several components aimed at promoting patient safety. Chief among AB 1286’s mandates is ...