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 [...]
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 [...]
Medical Malpractice Claims Keep Patients Safe; Legal Immunities Do Not
For years, insurance companies and health care providers have been trying to convince the public that there are too many “frivolous” medical malpractice lawsuits. Although the argument sounds compelling, a look at [...]
Hospital Pharmacies Crucial to Patient Safety
When we think of hospital workers, we often think of physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, and technicians. These are the people we see face-to-face during a stay in the [...]
Mistaken Identity as Medical Malpractice
[caption id="attachment_72" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="surgeons"][/caption] It is a lesson we try to teach children from a very young age: Everyone is a unique individual, with his or her own strengths and weaknesses, [...]
The Frightening Reality of Wrong-Site Surgery
[caption id="attachment_72" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="surgeons"][/caption] Surgical procedures are intimidating. You put your life and your health in the hands of your doctor, allowing him to render you unconscious and to perform the [...]
Malpractice Damage Caps: Adding Insult to Injury
No matter how much education or training a doctor has, he or she is still a human being. As all of us know, humans make mistakes. Although some degree of [...]
