Category: Medication Errors

When Preventable Medication Mistakes Cause Serious Harm

Jonathan Stone April 3, 2026 No Comments

Medications play a critical role in modern healthcare, helping patients manage chronic conditions, treat infections, and recover from serious illness. However, when medications are prescribed, dispensed, or administered incorrectly, the…

Pharmacy and Medication Errors: When Prescription Mistakes Lead to Malpractice

Jonathan Stone December 1, 2025 No Comments

Medication errors in pharmacies can come in many forms, ranging from incorrect dosages to dispensing the wrong drug entirely. These mistakes can lead to severe health complications and, in some…

Is July a Bad Month to go to the Hospital?

Jonathan Stone July 1, 2022 No Comments

A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that teaching hospitals experience an exponential rise in medication errors every July like clockwork – which just happens to…

How error-prone terms can lead to medication errors

Jonathan Stone August 20, 2014 No Comments

Medication errors account for a good percentage of medical malpractice cases and the fact of the matter is that they are far too common. Whether a doctor fails to identify…

Prescription Reviews Reduce Costly Medical Errors

Jonathan Stone June 18, 2014 No Comments

Medication errors are caused by many things. With so many factors it can seem like a daunting task to avoid them. The FDA has indicated that drugs with very similar…

CDC worried about increase in antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Jonathan Stone March 8, 2014 No Comments

At some point, most Illinois residents have likely been prescribed an antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. Antibiotics are readily prescribed to treat infections such as strep throat and ear…

Medication errors found in 9 percent of Illinois nursing homes

Jonathan Stone February 7, 2014 No Comments

The rate of cited drug errors in Illinois nursing homes is lower than the national average, according to the director of the state’s public health department. The news sounds comforting…

Chicago-area family awarded $7M in medication error lawsuit

Jonathan Stone January 1, 2014 No Comments

Illinois residents who have ever been sick or hospitalized know the benefits of both over-the-counter and prescription medications. When administered correctly, these medications can be extremely beneficial and life-saving. There…

Family awarded settlement in lawsuit related to medication error

Jonathan Stone December 21, 2013 No Comments

When hospitalized, patients are routinely given a variety of over-the-counter and prescription drugs to control pain and aid in their recovery. In cases where a patient is in pain, nurses…

Failure to advise patient about medications lead to amputation

Jonathan Stone November 1, 2013 No Comments

Individuals who undergo medical procedures or surgeries must also often take some sort of prescription medication. These medications may be to prevent infections or some other adverse side effect of…

Hospital sued over deaths linked to medication errors

Jonathan Stone October 29, 2013 No Comments

For any individual, dealing with a serious medical condition or illness can be both physically and emotionally draining. When a child is ill, however, the impact on an entire family…

Illinois researchers use nanotechnology to curb IV drug errors

Jonathan Stone October 4, 2013 No Comments

Hospital patients who have been given an incorrect medication dosage or a wrong drug can die. Since many Chicago patients are admitted to hospitals with serious health conditions, hospital staff…

Hundreds of medication errors linked to electronic health records

Jonathan Stone September 20, 2013 No Comments

Technological advances within the medical community are credited with vastly improving the qualify of America’s healthcare system. Today, robots aide doctors in performing numerous surgical procedures and a variety of…

Deadly superbugs linked to over-prescription of antibiotics

Jonathan Stone September 17, 2013 No Comments

The invention and development of antibiotics was one of the most important medical advances of the 20th Century. These drugs have saved countless lives from bacterial infections. But in recent…

Auto-medication devices fail, cause patients to suffer

Jonathan Stone September 12, 2013 No Comments

The world is always changing; and in the past 20 years, this has meant an immense surge forward in our technological capabilities. One of the areas in which technology has…

Hospital worker pleads guilty to infecting patients with hepatitis

Jonathan Stone August 13, 2013 No Comments

A hepatitis C outbreak in several states in 2011 has been traced to a hospital employee who purposely tainted needles in order to spread the disease. The worker is expected…

Protect yourself from doctors’ and pharmacists’ medication errors

Jonathan Stone August 5, 2013 No Comments

It is scary to think that a drug prescribed by our doctor and filled by a pharmacist could kill us. But deaths and injuries from medication errors happen all the…

To avoid medication errors, patients can turn to genetic testing

Jonathan Stone July 25, 2013 No Comments

Complications from a medication can range from minor side effects to permanent, devastating harm. Some bad reactions can even be fatal. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. die each…

Medication mistakes by doctors, pharmacists harm 1.5M annually

Jonathan Stone July 12, 2013 No Comments

When people in Joliet get sick, they go to the doctor, who may prescribe something to help treat the problem or help us feel better. Many people have chronic health…

Painkiller overdose deaths skyrocketed in past decade

Jonathan Stone July 3, 2013 No Comments

People in Joliet likely have known that painkiller addiction has become a serious problem in the U.S., but reading the number of overdoses in recent years may still be startling.…

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