Nursing homes cited 1,000 times for medication errors.

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Nursing homes cited 1,000 times for medication errors.

August 27, 2014

Pierrotti A. USA Today. August 18, 2014.

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This video news segment highlights the persistent risks of adverse drug events in nursing homes, particularly overprescribing of antipsychotic drugs, and reveals how one state developed a program to reduce medication errors for older patients in residential facilities.

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