While medications can improve patients' health, the process of prescribing them is complex
and error prone, and medication errors cause many preventable injuries. Computer provider …

Over the last 5 years, stimulated by the changing healthcare environment and the Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Meaningful Use (MU) …

Abstract Purpose. Adverse drug events (ADEs), or injuries due to drugs, are common and
often preventable. However, identifying ADEs, potential ADEs, and medication errors can be …

Background: Studies of hospitalized patients identify safety as a significant problem, but few
data are available regarding injuries occurring after discharge. Patients may be vulnerable …

Background Adverse events related to drugs occur frequently among inpatients, and many
of these events are preventable. However, few data are available on adverse drug events …

While evidence-based medicine has increasingly broad-based support in health care, it
remains difficult to get physicians to actually practice it. Across most domains in medicine …

Background In the current debate over tort reform, critics of the medical malpractice system
charge that frivolous litigation—claims that lack evidence of injury, substandard care, or both …

Background Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can manifest in rapid
decompensation and respiratory failure with elevated inflammatory markers, consistent with …

Background Serious medication errors are common in hospitals and often occur during
order transcription or administration of medication. To help prevent such errors, technology …

Background: Although missed and delayed diagnoses have become an important patient
safety concern, they remain largely unstudied, especially in the outpatient setting. Objective …