When Dr. David Friedman was a young doctor in South Africa, he didn’t know much. But one thing he did know was what drugs his patients were receiving in the cardiac unit of the old Johannesburg ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

Findings indicate that such software can dramatically improve patient safety during surgery. A new study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General ...

Together with hospital staff, researchers have tested an AI-supported head camera that is designed to detect medication errors in everyday clinical practice. The scientists from the University of ...

As NCCMERP has defined, medication errors are any preventable event that may lead to patient harm. Such events may be related to products, healthcare practices, procedures and systems and they can be ...

Medication Errors are an adverse event that occurs too often in ambulatory surgery centers, says W. Jan Allison, RN, CHSP, director of accreditation and survey readiness, clinical services department, ...

Using pharmacist-led interventions in general practice can prevent prescribing and monitoring errors, according to the results of a Department of Health-funded trial by leading GP academics. The ...