A two-year-old boy arrives at the hospital with a virus and low potassium. His family expect monitoring, fluids, and a ...

It's happened again. Two more St. Luke's Hospital patients have been given too much medication. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports nursing errors led to two patients receiving 10 times the ...

After a lengthy investigation by the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, the board decided in December to give two years probation to a pharmacist involved in a medical mix-up that resulted in a patient’s ...

A local nursing home with a five-star government rating is facing a wrongful death lawsuit from a family who says staff ...

A new research letter published in JAMA Health Forum highlights major gaps in how opioid use is tracked among older adults ...

Under a provisionary — but longstanding — ownership transfer process, these nursing home operators were approved by the state out of the public eye.

Two-thirds of older adults experience medication errors during hospital stays, particularly when moving between different care settings, according to new research published in BMC Geriatrics.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices has signed a contract with the FDA to assist in evaluating products and issue alerts about emerging drug safety issues. The ISMP, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ...

For infections, IU Health Bloomington Hospital received better than average for infection in the urinary tract. It had an ...