Each year, medication errors are responsible for 7,000 patient deaths and cost the healthcare system $2 billion. Even more shocking, perhaps, is the knowledge that nearly 50% of potential medication ...

FILE - This April 26, 2017 file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Drugmaker Eli Lilly said Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, its COVID-19 antibody drug can prevent illness ...

Among over 60,000 nursing home residents who initiated antihypertensive medication, rates of excess fractures due to falls per 100 person-years were as high as 5 among certain patient groups, such as ...

The authors leave open the possibility that current reporting systems are not catching the impact of all medication errors. A different study earlier this year found that medical errors, including ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recent data revealed an increase in medication use among nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada, “with the ...

Opioid prescription decreased among nursing homes between 2011 and 2022, reflecting national patterns in primary care while ...

A new drug can provide continuous blood pressure control for millions of patients whose condition is hard to treat, according ...

Click here to download an Easy-to-Read version of the report. Too many times I’m given too many pills…. [Until they wear off], I can’t even talk. I have a thick tongue when they do that. I ask them ...

Deer River, 24-hour skilled nursing facility, is accused of taking “narcotic pain medications from the resident’s medication ...