Q2Q app can spot errors in medication dosages

GOOD OUTCOME: Roberta Powell developed the idea for a smartphone app, Q2Q Health, after a close call with a prescription medication. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI
GOOD OUTCOME: Roberta Powell developed the idea for a smartphone app, Q2Q Health, after a close call with a prescription medication. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Roberta Powell was undergoing breast cancer treatment in 2005 when she caught a dosage mistake for one of her medications at her pharmacy. Shaken, she realized how few resources exist when it comes to potential drug interactions. “That incident … led me to decide to become a nurse,” said Powell, who switched careers at age

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