Medication errors harm at least 1.5 million people every year, according to a 2006 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report. An estimated 400,000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals, and another 800,000 occur in long-term-care settings. Among Medicare recipients alone, 530,000 medication errors -- from wrong dosage, wrong route of administration or wrong medication -- occur
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