Pediatrics
Electronic tool helps reduce drug errors among hospitalized children
When children are admitted to the hospital, sometimes the medications they take at home are lost in the shuffle, or they may be given the wrong dose.
May 5, 2014
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Health
Collaborative pharmaceutical care in hospitals cuts medication errors by three quarters
(Medical Xpress)—A new Irish study which has just been published in leading international peer reviewed journal, the British Medical Journal Quality & Safety, has shown how a new, more collaborative approach to managing ...
Feb 19, 2014
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Health
Improving patient continuity of care in hospitals linked with reduction in medical errors
Implementation of a multifaceted program to improve patient handoffs (change in staff caring for a patient) among physicians-in-training residents at a children's hospital was associated with a reduction in medical errors ...
Dec 3, 2013
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Pediatrics
Telemedicine in rural ER tied to fewer physician Rx errors
(HealthDay)—For seriously ill and injured children, the use of telemedicine consultations in rural emergency departments is associated with fewer physician-related medication errors, according to a study published online ...
Nov 27, 2013
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Health
Role of pharmacists in GPs crucial
New research has shown a role for pharmacists within general practice (GP) clinics is a key solution to help prevent medication errors by patients and health professionals.
Nov 1, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Hospitalized HIV patients benefit from seeing infectious diseases specialists
When patients with HIV are hospitalized for other conditions, such as a heart problem, surgery or complications of diabetes, mistakes are often made involving their complicated anti-retroviral therapy (ART) regimens. But ...
Oct 4, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
New 'Smart Rounds' improves safety of radiation therapy
The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine has developed a novel process to optimize the safety and efficacy of radiation therapy and is presenting this data at the 55th Annual Meeting of in American ...
Sep 25, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Memory problems, emotional stress result in early readmissions of heart patients
Heart patients' mental state and thinking abilities may help predict whether costly and potentially dangerous early hospital readmission will follow their release after treatment, according to the results of a significant ...
Sep 17, 2013
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Neuroscience
Loved ones' mild memory problems require vigilence
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is experienced by many as a harbinger of future memory problems like Alzheimer's disease. Individuals suffering from MCI are often able to maintain independent lives, but there are special ...
Sep 10, 2013
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Health
Medical safety innovation gets a boost from systematic analysis
If all medical errors were counted together as a single cause, they would likely rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States. As health care personnel race to improve the quality of their care to save lives ...
Jul 8, 2013
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