Amid rising diagnoses, a growing number of kids are getting prescriptions for ADHD medications — but the administered doses aren’t always accurate. Medication ...

A new study by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority found that the primary reason for medication errors is administrative error. The study analyzed 800 instances ...

Medication errors among pediatric cancer patients are more common when medicine is administered at home than at the hospital, according to a study in Pediatrics. Researchers observed medication ...

Researchers have determined several factors associated with an increased and decreased risk of medication errors, according to a study published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. For the study, ...

The California Department of Public Health found that Adventist Health Simi Valley, seen here on Sept. 22, "failed to ensure that patients had been protected from medication errors." (Myung J. Chun / ...

ORLANDO, FL — Phone calls from a heart-failure clinic staff pharmacist to patients a couple days after their hospital discharge identified important medication errors, sometimes multiple errors, in ...

As more children take Adderall and other meds for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, experts report a shocking increase in medication errors — many of which resulted in kids getting ...

• Keep a list of the prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs and any vitamins and minerals that you take. • Review this list with your family doctor for possible interactions. • Know where to find ...

When doctors prescribe medication for us, we expect it to help in some way. We might hope that it will cure a condition or help minimize problems like pain. At the very least, we would expect it to ...

(BCN) — A bill seeking to address understaffing and medication errors in chain pharmacies in California is now headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. State lawmakers have recently passed Assembly Bill ...