Medication Errors: Preventing Untimely Deaths

Abstract

Medication adverse events play a huge role in hospital deaths and morbidity in the US. This plays a large role in the public health of the US at large. Health education is a primary target for those taking medications. A quality assurance or improvement program that is appropriate to capture drug events and measure quality data is essential to prevent these untimely and mostly preventable deaths. This study examines medication errors, the cause and effect and what leaders can do to prevent untimely patient deaths.