Using an electronic medication checklist to gain patient medication histories significantly reduces errors compared with a paper-based checklist, a recent study found. The study, conducted last year ...

CHICAGO-To help mark National Patient Safety Awareness Week the American Medical Association (AMA) is focusing on medication safety by offering a Medication Safety Checklist and urging patients to ...

A small study conducted at a suburban Central Texas hospital suggests that using an electronic medication checklist at admission can reduce medication errors for elderly patients taking multiple drugs ...

The National Council on Patient Information and Education offers a free, downloadable checklist to help patients adhere to medication plans and avoid medication errors. The “Make Notes & Take Notes” ...

An effective hospital discharge process created by Cleveland Clinic is pivotal in the handoff of patients to postacute-care providers. Hospital discharge is a complex process involving the primary ...

In the age of digital health records, it might seem like keeping an old-fashioned medication list is no longer necessary. But ...

Sanuj Bhatia, the managing editor at Pocketnow, is responsible for supervising and contributing to all the content published on the website, including news, reviews, features, and how-tos. He began ...

You're feeling miserable from being under the weather with the flu , so you go to your nearest drugstore to pick up over-the-counter cold and flu medicine to give you some ...