The case, which affected five patients in total, is being investigated by the judiciary as a possible crime of medical ...

A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient said that the state Board of Nursing acted improperly when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing oversees nursing homes in the state of Iowa. (Photo via Getty Images; ...

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 ...

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 ...

A New Brunswick woman says a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy error left her taking blood pressure medication instead of an ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Simi Valley hospital’s medication error likely caused a brain bleed in an 81-year-old ...

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 ...

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 ...

A baby born 16 weeks prematurely reportedly died due to a medical error typed into an electronic system at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill ...