Medical error can be understood as an unintended act either of commission or omission, within the context of healthcare. Errors can occur at either the individual- or ...

According to Prof. Mayer Brezis, “the greatest barriers to patient safety are not technological or scientific – but cultural," such as the fear of legal consequences and institutional defensiveness.

Surges in COVID-19 patient volume place significant physical and emotional demands on clinicians, which can lead to an onslaught of preventable medication errors, according to the Institute for Safe ...

New credential formally recognizes pharmacy technicians as essential leaders in medication error prevention and patient ...

If all medical errors were counted together as a single cause, they would likely rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States. As health care personnel race to improve the quality of ...

HORSHAM, Pa., & DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), with the support of Baxter International, is launching a two-year International Safe Medication ...

The Joint Commission's latest Sentinel Event Alert, which was released this morning, urges healthcare leaders to become more involved in the prevention of medical errors at their facilities, as well ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

In the mid-1990s, researching a book about the quality of medical care, I discovered how the profession had for years been ignoring evidence about the appalling death ...