Reducing the Margins of Medication Error
The number of people treated in U.S. hospitals for illnesses and injuries from taking medicines jumped 52 percent between 2004 and 2008 from 1.2 million to 1.9 million, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. These medication side effects and injuries resulted from taking or being given [...]
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On April 27th, 2011, posted in: Blog by Matt Jacobson
How Painkillers Are Leading to Painful Statistics
Painkillers are treating more than just pain – they are becoming actual killers. A New York Times article this week mentioned that “in Ohio, fatal overdoses [from painkillers] more than quadrupled in the last decade, and by 2007 had surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of accidental death,” according to the Department of Health. [...]
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On April 21st, 2011, posted in: Blog by Matt Jacobson
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