Yin and associates note that the up to 50% of parents make errors in the dosing of liquid medication for children, but relatively few data are available to compare ...

The Pharmacy Quality Alliance is debuting a three-hour continuing education course meant to help implement effective quality-improvement programs for HIV medication use. The course, “Measuring Quality ...

The use of medication remains the most common intervention in health care. The complexity of both medication use and the medication management process, especially in the in-patient setting, create a ...

You wake up to your 8-year-old son crying in the middle of the night. He’s had a sore throat for a few days, which the pediatrician is treating with liquid Tylenol. As you grab the bottle and kitchen ...

Accurate measurement of children's prescribed medications can determine the success of failure of a treatment. The factors that feed into that accuracy were investigated by a team of researchers from ...

CHAPEL HILL — As a patient undergoing chemotherapy, the last thing that should be on your mind is if you will receive the right dose of medication during treatment. And for parents of pediatric ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — When selecting an exchange health plan under the Affordable Care Act, consumers should be able to evaluate plans’ success in medication management, among other quality measures, the ...

For many years, doctors have been using the teaspoon measurement system when it comes to prescribing medication for children, but a new survey says it’s causing a lot of confusion for parents. Every ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Evidence-based care informed by digital data collection led to a lower treatment burden among patients with ...

Among patients with diabetes and kidney disease, most receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker, the addition of the medication finerenone compared with ...

Nov. 6 (UPI) --Researchers have developed an accurate way to measure pain using brain activity compared with crude picture charts or poking animals, based on a study involving rats. The precise ...