Millions of patients are putting their lives at risk by failing to follow simple treatment plans, leading to a silent ...

The court heard the gang discussed doing business with Thomas Cashman, a Liverpool drug dealer who was jailed for life over ...

Pennsylvania hospitals submitted 519 medication error reports to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority from June 2004-September 2010. The most common types of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee nurse charged with reckless homicide after a medication error killed a patient pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in a Nashville ...

The Hy-Vee Pharmacy at 410 N. Ankeny Blvd. in Ankeny, Iowa. (Photo via Google Earth) An Ankeny pharmacy has been fined $1,000 for dispensing the wrong medication to a customer and then failing to ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a drug safety update for paclitaxel formulations, highlighting the risk of medication error ...

The homicide trial of a nurse who accidentally killed a patient by providing the wrong medication is raising questions about the liability of healthcare facilities in similar cases — especially when ...

Exactly 889 medication error reports submitted to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2016, listed healthcare information technology ...

Improper medicine storage at home significantly reduces drug effectiveness, a common yet overlooked issue. Heat, humidity, ...

RaDonda Vaught, a Tennessee nurse, is the central figure in a criminal case that has captivated and horrified medical professionals nationwide. Vaught, 36, of Bethpage, has been criminally indicted on ...

NASHVILLE — A former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse accused of inadvertently injecting a patient with a deadly dose of a paralyzing drug has been indicted on charges of reckless homicide ...