The week’s March 6th issue of U.S. News & World Report features a report on the use of psychiatric drugs in children. The article is available on this weeks news stands or by visiting http://www.usnews.com (save the pages for offline viewing as they will probably be removed next week.) Although the article is written from
The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO’s mission is to help the Congress oversee federal programs and operations to assure accountability to the American people. A two-year study by the U.S. GAO has concluded that adverse drug events, complications or even deaths due to mistakes in the prescribing or use of drugs, is a serious problem, but is impossible to measure because of a lack of information.
Nando media and associated press report that Federal investigators have documented almost 3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps in less than two years at veterans hospitals around the United States. More than 700 patients have died in those reported cases. This report is the result of a new policy that requires employees to report medical errors
The week’s March 6th issue of U.S. News & World Report features a report on the use of psychiatric drugs in children. The article is available on this weeks news stands or by visiting http://www.usnews.com (save the pages for offline viewing as they will probably be removed next week.) Although the article is written from
The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO’s mission is to help the Congress oversee federal programs and operations to assure accountability to the American people. A two-year study by the U.S. GAO has concluded that adverse drug events, complications or even deaths due to mistakes in the prescribing or use of drugs, is a serious problem, but is impossible to measure because of a lack of information.
Nando media and associated press report that Federal investigators have documented almost 3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps in less than two years at veterans hospitals around the United States. More than 700 patients have died in those reported cases. This report is the result of a new policy that requires employees to report medical errors