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Medication errors are very common. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 82 percent of adults are on at least one medication and 29 percent take five or more. With numbers such as ...

ORLANDO, Florida (Ivanhoe Newswire) — More than 131 million Americans, or 66% of adults, take prescription drugs. But, not all of them use their medicines correctly. Each year, between 7,000 and 9,000 ...

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health is using artificial intelligence to identify potential medication errors and improve pharmacy workflows, the health system said June 29. Ballad is using a ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - More than 131 million Americans – or 66 percent of adults – take prescription drugs. But not all of them use their medicines correctly. Each year between seven ...