Learn how medication errors lead to clinical negligence claims, from prescription failures to administration mistakes and ...

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 ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication errors rose 300% since 2000, according to a study published in the medical journal Pediatrics this week ...

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

Incidence of medication problems and their harm potential following hospital discharge among pediatric patients with epilepsy were not significantly different for individuals who received discharge ...

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 ...

On October 8, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1286 (AB 1286), a sweeping pharmacy measure with several components aimed at promoting patient safety. Chief among AB 1286’s mandates is ...

A two-year-old boy arrives at the hospital with a virus and low potassium. His family expect monitoring, fluids, and a careful recovery. Instead, a lawsuit alleges that a single misplaced decimal ...