Prescription Drug Side Effects, Interactions Sending More Patients to Hospitals
As more and more conditions are being managed by medications, patients across the country are relying on their doctors and pharmacists more than ever before. In 2010, Americans spent over $300 billion on
Preventing Pharmacy Errors Would Result in Fewer Injuries, Huge Savings
In 2009, nearly 4 billion prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, according to one study. With so many prescriptions being filled – and with pharmacists under pressure to quickly fill orders and [...]
Kidney Transplant Recipient Contracts HIV from Donated Organ
Kidney transplant policies have taken the spotlight recently, after a transplant error at USC in January and yesterday's report that a recipient was infected with HIV from a donated kidney. [...]
Patient Gets Wrong Kidney – USC Transplant Program Put On Hold
A patient at the University of Southern California was given the wrong kidney earlier this month in a shocking hospital mix-up that resulted in the temporary suspension of USC's transplant program. [...]
Pharmacy Error Causes Concern Over Unborn Child
A Colorado woman has expressed fear over the health of her unborn baby in the wake of an egregious pharmacy error at a Safeway supermarket in the Denver area. The pharmacy mistakenly [...]
Thanksgiving 2010; Much to be Thankful About
Thanksgiving is around the corner and I have much to be thankful for personally and professionally this year. For starters, I underwent successful treatment for prostate cancer. My [...]
Dangerous Prescription Errors Far Too Common
Each year, over 3 billion prescriptions are dispensed in the United States. Patients depend on these medications for their well-being, and it is important that the dispensing pharmacy accurately fill [...]
Drive-Through Pharmacy Windows: Convenience or Prescription for Error?
A new study authored by Sheryl Szeinbach, a professor at the Ohio State University, indicates that pharmacists who work at pharmacies with drive-through windows believe the additional distractions [...]
Medical Mixups; Hospital Prescription Drug Error Can Lead to Deaths
We have been aware of the shocking reality that 98,000 hospitalized patients die each year in the United States due to error for nearly a decade. What has [...]
