The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...

The administration of medicines can be a complex and time-consuming procedure that requires knowledge of the medicine being administered and its intended therapeutic effect. This second article in a ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

A female Pharmacist scanning pill box. Barcode technology can reduce medication errors by ensuring that the right drug is administered to the right patient at the right time, in the right dose, using ...

HOSPITAL administration as a medical specialty seems to be disappearing. The change may be more relative than actual, as able lay administrators become increasingly interested in an expanding ...

THE doctor's prescription has been one of the most important characteristics of the medical profession throughout the ages. It is as much the symbol of the medical profession as the mortar and pestle ...

As increasing numbers of children are taking medicine while at school, parents should be aware of school policies and be sure that they provide both permission and instructions. Good communication ...

In the MD/MBA program, we curate leaders who excel at critical, creative communications across business and healthcare settings. Our curriculum will encourage you to reach beyond simple problem ...

A preventive medicine physician is a doctor who has experience in public health as well as clinical care. This allows them to provide insight and expertise in the prevention of injury, disease, and ...

Nursing has few universally inviolable rules. Any nurse who has worked in more than a single hospital throughout his or her career understands the extent to which nursing practice can vary from one ...