Medication errors among pediatric cancer patients are more common when medicine is administered at home than at the hospital, according to a study in Pediatrics. Researchers observed medication ...

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Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital introduced the tool into the electronic health record from November 2011 to June 2012. The tool presents a split-screen display, with pre-admission ...

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For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections. By Jordan Rau ...

True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse than ...