Background: Prescribing errors are common in hospital settings. Regular review of medication charts is recommended as a way to reduce errors but it is not clear how often this happens. The aim of this ...

Dear Readers: Here are some Heloise Hints for taking medications: • Make a chart that includes the name of the drug, when it is to be taken and the number of days it was prescribed. Tape it where you ...

We found that a significant proportion of medication charts were not reviewed by physicians on their ward rounds. We are not aware of other studies that have looked at this. This may reflect the ...