Attorney Steve Meister discusses how health care professionals can protect their patients and themselves from prescription drug-related adverse events.

mHealth Pros and Cons: Physicians must evaluate and demonstrate if mHealth will improve patient satisfaction scores. We look at pros and cons of mHealth.

A study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicated that 60 percent of reported errors in the office setting associated with harm involved prescription errors. The following are recommendations to improve the medication prescription process in the office setting.

If you dispense medication samples to patients, here are a few suggestions that will help minimize the risk of problems.

Studies show that the vapor generated from electronic cigarettes has variable amounts of nicotine and potential harmful toxins. Therefore, it is not as harmless as your patients may have been led to believe. We recommend that you create an office policy beforehand to avert similar situations in your office.