The pediatric population is at high risk for medication errors in the emergency department, with medication error rates three times higher in pediatric patients than in adult patients, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
More than half (56%) of the respondents to Ponemon Institute’s Fifth Annual Data Breach Preparedness Study reported experiencing an organizationwide breach. Of these respondents, 51% reported that their organization’s data response plan is not very effective.
