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...Automation should eliminate many of the errors that occur when pharmacists misunderstand or misrecord medication names or dosages conveyed messily on paper or hurriedly by phone. Given that there are more than 17,000 pharmaceutical brands and generics available, a spoken request for Celebrex, for instance, can be mistaken for Celexa, or a notation requesting 150 milligrams of a drug might be read as 1500. In electronic systems, drugs and dosages are selected from menus to prevent input errors, and pharmacists don't need to re-enter information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cause of Death: Sloppy Doctors | 1/15/2007 | See Source »

...Republican colleagues and took a centrist position that is neither hypocritical nor slippery. Aside from misstating Senator McCain’s principled and clearly articulated position in support of unlocking the potential of this important research while doing so in an ethical and moral manner, the writer appears to misunderstand the nature of these two pieces of legislation. The op-ed continues to mischaracterize Senator McCain’s record by quoting a New York Times op-ed that uses a McCain spokesman’s quote out of context to imply that Senator McCain opposes abortion in all cases...

Author: By Steven E. Johnston | Title: Op-Ed Mischaracterizes Senator McCain | 12/15/2006 | See Source »

...don’t misunderstand Dawson’s humility and think he doesn’t want to rack up yards and run in touchdowns for the Crimson. “I still care about my stats,” Dawson said...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: Yard By Yard | 11/11/2006 | See Source »

...best albums in 20 years.” In declaring his deep debt to Bruce, and in writing an overwrought album of trendy arena indie titled after a Vegas casino, Flowers wins a place in a long line of observers to misunderstand the goals of “Heartland Rock...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Land Ain’t Flowers’ Land | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...street,” Fischer said that this has led to the globalization of all of the world’s problems. For this reason, new institutions and policies for cooperation need to be developed, according to Fischer. “Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not an idealist. I think we will be forced to cooperate,” he said. Fischer also discussed internal European politics in the context of globalization. The old Europe was nationalistic, while the new Europe is integrated—as exemplified by the European Union (EU), he said...

Author: By Shoshana S. Tell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ex-German FM Visits | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

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