Two-thirds of older adults experience medication errors during hospital stays, particularly when moving between different care settings, according to new research published in BMC Geriatrics.

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Medication mistakes — in which the wrong drug or the wrong dose is given to a patient — are among the most common errors in medicine. John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the ...

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Almost 1 in 4 adults in England have found inaccuracies or missing information in their medical records, new research has shown. The findings come from a nationally representative poll carried out by ...