Medication Management

In 2012, a fungal meningitis outbreak was linked to the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in Framingham, Massachusetts, that...Read More »

There was once a time when physicians played an authoritarian role. It was thought that the best medical outcomes were achieved when...Read More »

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016
1:00–2:30 p.m. Eastern

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In a newly published analysis, the ECRI Institute reviewed 7,600 wrong-patient events in 181 hospitals. Roughly 9% of those errors resulted in a...Read More »

The Mayo Clinic experienced a highly publicized case of drug diversion back in 2008, where a nurse was caught stealing fentanyl from patients...Read More »

The Hospitals & Health Network recently published an article on the issue of polypharmacy, which occurs when a patient is given redundant or...Read More »

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that approximately 30% of antibiotic prescriptions...Read More »

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices' (ISMP) recently released "2016?2017 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals," which...Read More »

Antimicrobial overuse is a major problem for hospitals. Overuse of antibiotics can lead to the development of multidrug-resistant organisms,...Read More »

Despite efforts to improve antimicrobial stewardship, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this month that one out of...Read More »