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Medication Errors and Malpractice: What a Decade of Cases Reveals About Risk Across the Care Continuum
Jul 01, 2026
Using Candello data, CRICO author Hannah Tremont, MPH, examines a decade of medical professional liability closed claims to show that medication errors remain a significant patient safety and malpractice risk across the care continuum. Published in the Medical Professional Liability Association’s Inside Medical Liability newsletter, the article highlights risks in prescribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring, underscoring the need for coordinated safeguards to reduce harm and strengthen medication safety.
Full-text Citation
Tremont H. Medication errors and malpractice: What a decade of cases reveals about risk across the care continuum. Inside Medical Liability. Medical Professional Liability Association. July 2026.
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