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To err is human, but when mistakes occur in medicine, the repercussions can be devastating. How is modern technology helping to prevent mistakes in medicine? Diane Cousins, vice president of the documentary standards division in the department of healthcare quality and safety at the United States Pharmacopeia, talks with host Dr. Charles Turck about the balance of employing technology to prevent medication mistakes: do some technologies even raise the likelihood of errors? Which medications are most commonly associated with errors? The list may surprise you.
By ReachMDTo err is human, but when mistakes occur in medicine, the repercussions can be devastating. How is modern technology helping to prevent mistakes in medicine? Diane Cousins, vice president of the documentary standards division in the department of healthcare quality and safety at the United States Pharmacopeia, talks with host Dr. Charles Turck about the balance of employing technology to prevent medication mistakes: do some technologies even raise the likelihood of errors? Which medications are most commonly associated with errors? The list may surprise you.