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Harvard students hoping to avail themselves of bargain textbook prices at the UC Books website this year have instead been finding a message reading, “Internal server error...
...tragedy for sexual assault victims. However, one anonymous student’s recent appeal of the decision on Title IX grounds—which prohibits discrimination in education on the basis of sex—is not an effective way of pressing the administration to remedy its error...
...Hospitals are taking their own steps. "These numbers, while they sound dramatic, have been reported before," says Duane Kirking, professor and chair of the Department of Social and Administrative Sciences at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. "Hospitals do know that errors are happening." Remedies range from introducing new computers to monitor and control prescription medication output to adding better-qualified pharmacy staff. The computers will help cut back on mistakes considerably, Kirking says, but the hospitals are still tied to imperfect technology - and human error - so existing problems can't be solved overnight. Additional staff will help ward...
...Ultimately, though, your health is in your own hands. What can you and your family do to reduce prescription error...
...active patient: The most common drug error, according to the new study, is accidentally skipping a dose. The second most common mistake is taking the medication at the wrong time. Both of these errors could be diminished considerably if patients and patients' families pay careful attention to the dosage and distribution of what can often be a dizzying array of medications. This is especially true if you're keeping an eye on prescriptions for a young child, an elderly person or someone with compromised immunity, populations that can suffer much more dangerous responses to drug errors than someone whose immune...