The research pharmacist confirmed 457 of the 2556 comparison doses to be in error, producing a true error rate of 17.9%. Direct observation detected 300 of these ...

Researchers have developed a new method -- 'Pixel Approximate Entropy' -- that measures the complexity of a data visualization and can be used to develop easier to read visualizations. 'In fast-paced ...

Growth charts for children with rare genetic disorders - giving healthcare professionals and families clearer guidance on how a child is developing - have been created by an international team, led by ...

When we have health anxiety, we tend to assume that many or all symptoms are indicative of serious illness. We do this because we overestimate the likelihood of serious disease. Inflating the numbers ...

These data show that direct observation detected administration errors at a much higher rate and more accurately than either chart review or incident report review. The detection rate of false ...