On April 17, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices added more recommendations to its list of medical abbreviations that should never be used. The organization’s List of Error-Prone Abbreviations ...

ABBREVIATIONS are widely used in medicine, but a new study has found just how dangerous they can be: Five percent of 30,000 medication errors — some fatal — that were reported to the national Medmarx ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Ever wondered what all the acronyms on your medical documents actually mean? Well, it turns out your GP probably struggles with them too ...

Over the past decade, The Joint Commission has highlighted the patient safety dangers associated with the use of certain abbreviations. The accreditor issued a Sentinel Event Alert on them in 2001. In ...

As a medical malpractice attorney, I have seen hundreds of cases that turned on charting by a physician, nurse or other health care provider. These kinds of cases are problematic for providers and ...

Doctor's using abbreviations in medical notes are putting their patients' lives at risk, health experts have warned. The UK's Medical Defence Union said that difficulties often arose because ...

Doctors are being warned that using abbreviations in medical notes is putting patients' lives at risk. The UK's Medical Defence Union said difficulties often arose because abbreviations can have more ...