Medication errors harm 1.5 million Americans every year
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Medication errors made in hospitals and clinics around the country harm at least 1.5 million Americans every year, according to a study by the National Academy of Sciences.
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Importing cheaper prescription medicines would require costly safety measures and save US consumers little money, a government task force said on Tuesday in a report
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Treatment errors often leave patients and families feeling guilty and afraid.
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At least 1.5 million preventable drug-related injuries occurred in 2006 in American hospitals, long-term care institutions and outpatient clinics.
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Unintentional deaths due to  drug poisoning -- primarily with prescription drugs --  increased by 68 percent between 1999 and 2004, and is second  only to motor vehicle crashes as a cause of death from  unintentional injury in the US, investigators at the Centers  for Disease Control and Prevention report.
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More than 40 percent of Americans are taking at least one prescription drug and one person in every six takes three or more, the government said Thursday.
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Nearly 5 million hospital admissions might have been prevented in 2000 if patients had received high quality primary and preventive care, according to a government report issued on Thursday.
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Calgary - A mistake that led to the death of a 69-year-old man after he was given the wrong medication could have happened at any hospital, an independent report into the error concluded.
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A new report reveals an alarming rise in fatal or debilitating prescription drug-related side effects and raises serious questions about basic medical safety practices.
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Last March, the federal government issued an unusually detailed alert to the nation's 5.5 million health care workers: The powerful drugs used in chemotherapy can themselves cause cancer and pose a risk to nurses, pharmacists and others who handle them.
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Despite the notion that technological innovation will prevent medication errors in hospitals, a new survey has found that nearly 20 percent of mistakes that were voluntarily reported involved computerization and automation.
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More than 40 percent of Americans take at least one prescription drug, the government said in a report on the nation's health.
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Every day, millions of people are bombarded with health information through direct-to-consumer drug ads on TV. Millions more go online to research a new diagnosis
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WEDNESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. hospitals that switched from using doctors&#39; handwritten prescriptions to computerized drug ordering systems had a 66 percent drop in medication errors, say the authors of a review that looked at the results of 12 studies.
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Nearly 5 million hospital admissions  might have been prevented in 2000 if patients had received high  quality primary and preventive care, according to a government  report issued on Thursday.
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Simple adherence to basic medical   treatment guidelines would save thousands of lives and $1.35   billion a year in medical costs, according to a large analysis   of data from 260 hospitals.
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Patients aren't the only ones harmed by medical errors, according to a survey released Wednesday that found many doctors who make mistakes &#151; and even those who come close &#151; suffer stress, sleep problems and loss of confidence.