Redesigning medication labels for intravenous medication bags could help prevent medication errors from happening in the operating room, according to a study in the Journal of Patient Safety. For the ...

As many as half of all Americans with chronic diseases like hypertension and depression don’t take their medications as prescribed. And more than 100,000 people die due to medication nonadherence each ...

Medications are an important component of health care, but each year their misuse results in over a million adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits as well as ...

Patients with limited English proficiency at UCHealth may have access to prescription medication labels in their primary language. UCHealth launched a program in February that translates prescription ...

The FDA's new opioid labeling requirements emphasize long-term use risks, supported by extensive data from postmarketing requirements and public comments. New labels will include study summaries, ...

The labeling information that comes with prescription drugs tells you what's known about the medication, but several researchers think it's high time that the labeling tell you what isn't known. The ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug administration announced safety label changes for widely prescribed opioid pain medications. The label changes are a part of a continuing effort on behalf of the FDA ...

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Pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi next month plans to roll out its first medication sold with radio-frequency identification, a technology used for tracking inventory. The German pharmaceutical ...