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|  |  | Should you pills stay or should they go? We talked to doctors, pharmacists and the FDA to get these 10 tips for gauging a date’s accuracy—and more. Medication Mistakes That Can Kill: Ten common but preventable errors
Caring.com - June 23, 2009
Every year millions of people are sickened or severely injured by medication mistakes, and thousands die. Michael Negrete, CEO of the nonprofit Pharmacy Foundation of California, agrees that although errors may occur anywhere along the transmission chain, they are all preventable... Patients 'victims of drug mistakes'
The Australian - June 8, 2009
Australia's first comprehensive review of non-hospital medication errors shows that this type of medical mistake is extremely common. The country's National Prescribing Service stated it conducted the review because although medication errors were known to be common, most of the attention and previous research related has focused on the hospital setting...
PFC CEO Appears in Feature News Story About Errors KTVU.com - May 5, 2009
KTVU discovered in the Bay Area alone, so-called home medication errors injure some 50,000 people each year, kill hundreds more and cost millions in added health care. Michael Negrete of the Pharmacy Foundation of California stated that home- medication errors are increasing and vastly under reported. "34 Americans a day on average die at home because of a medication error," said Negrete...
Pharmacist Involvement May Decrease Medication Errrors
Modern Medicine - April 28, 2009
Two different studies suggest benefits of an interdisciplinary medication reconciliation process...April 13, 2009
Michael Negrete was invited to speak about medication errors at Monday's meeting of the CA Senate Business & Professionals Committee. The information he provided was intented to inform the Committee's discussion of SB 470...
2009 Pharmacy Film Festival Winners Announced
Feb 21, 2009
On February 21, the Pharmacy Foundation of California held its Second Annual Pharmacy Film Festival at the CinemaFusion theater in Anaheim California. Films from the 10 finalists were screened and the winners of the 5 different categories were announced. To see who won and view their entries, please visit www.pharmacyfoundation.org/film.
The Pharmacy Foundation of California announces the availability of a new online CE program about medication errors... Drugs, danger walk a thin line
Los Angeles Times, CA - Feb 1, 2008
"People have a false sense of security," says Michael Negrete, chief executive of the Pharmacy Foundation of California. "They think, 'I see it on TV all ... | |
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