Drug Errors Injure More Than 1.5 Million A Year
A recent study from the highly regarded Institute of Medicine revealed that more than 1.5 million patients are injured by drug error in hospitals, nursing homes, and doctor's offices. The report found that a hospitalzed patient is subject to at least one medication effor per day, and that a preventable drug error can add nearly $6000 to a hospital bill of a single patient. The Insitute called for all prescriptions to be written electronically by 2010 to reduce the amount of errors.
Read more in the Washington Post.
Read more in the Washington Post.
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