Ronnie Chapman
February 19, 2020
Unfortunately we all make mistakes, even physicians. So when it comes down to the care of a patient it is important to take all appropriate measures […]
February 12, 2020
According to a July 2016 Pharmacy Times article by Alan Polnariev, PharmD, MS, CGP entitled Overcoming Obstacles to Medication Error Reporting (http://ow.ly/1RH330jqiWG), as of 2013 between […]
January 29, 2020
The human error problem can be viewed in two ways: the person approach and the system approach. Each has its model of error causation and each […]
January 22, 2020
In order to reduce medication errors, it is essential that they first be identified and reported, a key component of Root Cause Analysis. This process helps […]
January 15, 2020
“Between January and December 1990, the number of medication error reports received per month ranged from 73 to 141. In that year the number of errors […]
January 8, 2020
Medical malpractice case reviews can present a number of challenges to all parties. This is especially true with a expert witness. On occasion, an expert might […]
December 27, 2019
Most hospitals practice continuous quality improvement and therefore have some type of medication error program in place. In many instances, we find that hospitals have an […]
December 20, 2019
In an effort to achieve accuracy, oftentimes clinicians are hesitant to check first dose peak and trough levels for aminoglycosides. The tendency is to obtain peak […]