Medication errors are an all-too-common problem in the U.S. In fact, they affect nearly 5 percent of the nation’s hospitalized patients, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In ...

With the DEA’s final rule, EMS organizations’ legal responsibilities under PPAEMA have now been fully spelled out and ...

The current standard for medication tracking within healthcare systems demands a large amount of active human engagement, from scanning barcodes to manually counting units of medication. The manual ...

Over the past decade, healthcare organizations (HCOs) have relied on radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions to assist with patient identification and monitoring, as well as asset tracking.

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Taylor Slaughter, administrator, Quail Ridge Living Center, center, makes a point at the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Forum as Sherri Easton-Garrett, SVP of clinical operations at Belmont Village ...

1. Familiarize yourself with new regulatory language that places special mandates on drug regimen reviews and the medication reconciliation process. “With the newly established CMS Requirements of ...

Medication management in older adults is an increasingly critical area of research and clinical practice, given the complexities introduced by polypharmacy, multimorbidity, and age-related ...

A new report from Griffith University has found that fragmented medication systems in Australian aged care are driving high ...