A medication mistake cost a Lockport woman her life. A new grant aims to help others avoid same fate

A medication mistake cost a Lockport woman her life. A new grant aims to help others avoid same fate
The Buffalo News, by Scott Scanlon; 1/2/24 
In a perfect health care system, patients who ended up in the hospital would start to feel better soon and go home with a recovery plan, along with any medications designed to help in that process. ... “All medications have side effects, and some are especially harmful in older adults,” UB officials said in announcing a four-year, $1.95 million grant focused on improving medication prescribing. ... The UB schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Engineering and Nursing comprise the team, which looks toward holistic approaches to understand patient experiences with unsafe medication use – and how best to equip patients and health care providers to intervene and prevent it.