No more guesswork in drug design—atomic-resolution method exposes what trial and error keep missing

Drug discovery still too often relies on expensive trial and error. Researchers from ICTER show there is another way—building ...
Vail Daily

Report finds drug errors injure more than 1.5 million; many mistakes are preventable

WASHINGTON – Medication mistakes injure well over 1.5 million Americans every year, a toll too often unrecognized and unfought, says a sobering call to action.At least a quarter of the errors are ...
The Gazette

‘Critical’ medication error leads to hospitalization

An assisted living center for people with dementia has been fined $6,000 for a serious medication error that resulted in a resident’s hospitalization. State ...
New York Post

Deadly pharmacy errors mount as companies push quotas, limit staff: ‘I am a danger to the public’

Every year, up to 9,000 people die in the US as a result of a prescription medication error. That figure doesn’t include the hundreds of thousands of patients who ...
Medscape

Timely Medication Administration Guidelines for Nurses: Fewer Wrong-Time Errors?

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 ...
GeekWire

These wearable cameras use AI to detect and prevent medication errors in operating rooms

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Digital Journal

Prison medication error rates 3x higher than community settings

Incarcerated people in the U.S. face medication error rates that are three times higher than those in community settings, yet the scale of harm remains almost ...