The morbidity and mortality of drug-related problems has most recently been estimated to cost $177.4 billion annually within the United States alone. Empirical investigations have also suggested that almost one-fifth of all medical errors are drug-related within hospital settings, with over half of these being of a preventable nature. As such, minimizing medication errors has emerged as a prior...

background: adherence to prescribed therapeutic regimen is an important element of self-care behaviors in cardiac patients. awareness of disease may play an important role in patient adherence. thus, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between awareness of the disease and adherence to therapeutic regimen among cardiac patients admitted to selected hospitals in mashhad, iran. me...

BACKGROUND Medication adherence is an integral aspect of disease state management for patients with chronic illnesses, including diabetes mellitus. It has been hypothesized that patients with diabetes who have poor medication adherence may have less knowledge of overall therapeutic goals and may be less likely to attain these goals. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess self-repor...

BACKGROUND Adverse drug reactions are a leading cause of death in the United States. Safe and effective management of complex medication regimens is a skill for which recent medical school graduates may be unprepared when they transition to residency. We wished to assess the impact of a medication safety curriculum on student competency when evaluating medication therapeutic appropriateness as ...

Background & Aims of the Study: one of the most important health aspects health care systems is patient safety and medication errors can threaten this safety. The purpose of this research was evaluation of refusing to report the medication errors and effect on Patent safety in Razi teaching hospital after healthcare reform during 2014-2015. Materials and Methods: This study is cross-sectiona...

The fields of health services, medical informatics, and human–computer interaction have begun to investigate electronic approaches to providing detailed health information to patients. Building on a custom Personal Health Record portal infrastructure that we have developed to provide access to real-time medication information for hospitalized patients, we are currently engaging clinicians and p...

The consequences of medication errors are more severe for high-alert medications than general drugs. Improving pharmacists’ knowledge regarding is important to increase drug safety and maintain patient health. This study was aimed at understanding Chinese hospital exploring associated factors, provide suggestions management medications. A total 380 pharmacists from four hospitals in southern, n...