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: Illinois Medical Malpractice BlogCatching Deadly Drug Mistakes
By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti
Although efforts have been made to make medications safer, medication errors take place in hospitals throughout the country. Studies show that medication errors cause at least one death every day and injure approximately 1.3 million people annually. A new effort is being made to quickly spread the word about such errors and offer guidance on how to prevent similar mistakes. The network will send email alerts to 35,000 pharmacists working in hospitals and health systems. This will hopefully help diminish the life-threatening errors. Also consumers can sign up for customized alerts about the medications they take. To learn more about the email-alerts, please click the link.
Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on January 24, 2010 (boomark / email).
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