Preventing Medication Errors
Internet URL
http://www.iom.edu/cms/3809/22526/35939.aspx 
Sponsoring Agency
Institute of Medicine, The National Academies
Description
Preventing Medication Errors puts forward a national agenda for reducing medication errors based on estimates of the incidence and cost of such errors and evidence on the efficacy of various prevention strategies. The report finds that medication errors are surprisingly common and costly to the nation, and it outlines a comprehensive approach to decreasing the prevalence of these errors.