The electronic medication reconciliation documentation process developed and implemented at our institution could be adapted and implemented in other facilities. Requirements for successful ...

Like other hospital executives, leaders at King’s Daughters Medical Center, a 99-bed community hospital in Brookhaven, Mississippi, 60 miles south of the state capital in Jackson, were concerned that ...

An intervention including the Multidisciplinary Multistep Medication Review tool led to successful discontinuation of inappropriate medication use in nursing home residents without negatively ...

What do all these medication errors have in common? A patient who was transferred from one hospital to another received a duplicate dose of insulin because the receiving nurse didn't know the ...

Tech-enabled service helps skilled nursing facilities fulfill CMS’ MDS updates linked to reimbursement, ensuring high-quality care and optimizing PDPM payments Our solution augments teams and ...

ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. During the survey, it was brought to the attention of Cheryl Desko, RN, clinical director for the ASC, that ...

The elderly and chronically ill patients are typically challenged with many drugs and complicated dosing regimens, often leading to medication errors. Medication errors are one of the most common ...

Put yourself in an ER nurse's shoes: Picture a patient who has arrived by ambulance at the emergency department. Because the patient is pale and short of breath, it is essential that the medication ...

First Databank (FDB), the leading provider of clinical drug knowledge that helps improve medication-related decisions and patient outcomes, today announced that an affiliate of FDB has acquired Design ...