A new study has found a direct link between nurse burnout and unfavorable patient and facility outcomes, including medication errors and a degraded safety culture. The meta-analysis of 85 studies and ...

Every eight minutes, a child experiences a medication error like taking the wrong drug or consuming too much, according to a new study published on Monday ...

Hospitals inform patients of medication errors at a rate of 1.5 percent for intensive care unit-related errors and 2.1 percent for non-ICU errors, according to a study in Critical Care Medicine.

RaDonda Vaught, a Tennessee nurse, is the central figure in a criminal case that has captivated and horrified medical professionals nationwide. Vaught, 36, of Bethpage, has been criminally indicted on ...

Pharmacists across the U.S. warn that the push to do more with less has made medication errors more likely. “I am a danger to the public,” one wrote to a regulator. Credit...Video by Jeremy M. Lange ...