A healthcare professional with over 20 years experience shares actionable information about medication safety in short, easy to listen to podcast episodes. Keep an eye out on your favorite podcast app for upcoming episodes.
Keeping a current and complete list of your medications is important to ensure your health care provider (HCP) has all the information needed to help you make informed decisions about your care plan and prescribe appropriate medications to reduce medication interactions.
Polypharmacy resulted in over 115,000 hospital admissions in 2002 and recent data suggests the problem has gotten worse over time. In the field of medication safety, polypharmacy is a topic of major discussion because it increases the risk of patient harm. It also increases the cost to patients due to additional testing, monitoring, and…
To help you learn about medication safety and save money on prescriptions, here are 10 Medication Safety Issues that will be addressed on this blog.