So we adjusted the medication labels to make them a little bit more friendly for patients. We changed the labels so that patients can pick up their medication bottle and say, 'Oh, OK. This is how ...

But "patients do better with more specific directions," says William Shrank, M.D., an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School who studies the effectiveness of patient drug labels.

Prescription abbreviations like qd, hs, or bid can sometimes be found on your medication labels. These abbreviations are derived from the Latin words for "every day," "at bedtime," and "twice ...

Patients with limited English proficiency at UCHealth may have access to prescription medication labels in their primary language. UCHealth launched a program in February that translates prescription ...

To protect their privacy, patients should remove all personally identifiable information from medication labels or packaging before disposing of unwanted medicine. Once the items are received ...

Laura Johnson, senior director, sales, life sciences, Loftware, discusses innovations in label design that could lead to improved patient outcomes and less medical errors. Drug labeling has become a ...

to supplement medication labels by hospitals, polyclinics, GP clinics and pharmacies that convey vital information such as medication name and dosing instructions. The pictograms were tested among ...

But new research from the University of Georgia suggests tweaking the labels on prescription medication bottles could help patients take their drugs the way their doctors intended. The study found ...

Patients with limited English proficiency at UCHealth may have access to prescription medication labels in their primary language. UCHealth launched a program in February that translates ...