Tomorrow, September 17, 2022, is World Patient Safety Day and this year’s theme “Medication Safety” focuses on acknowledging and addressing the complexity of medication-related harm.

According to the World Health Organization, globally, half of all preventable harm in medical care is medication related, a quarter of which is severe or life-threatening. The elderly population is one of the most at-risk groups of medication harm, especially those taking multiple medications. High rates of medic…

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