www.advantech.com White Paper Key Issues in Medication and Their Impact on Patient Safety Prescription drugs are important for improving and maintaining health. Almost 66% of adults in the US use prescription drugs. However, these medications can be harmful if not consumed as prescribed. Any preventable event that may cause inappropriate medication use leading to patient harm is called a medication error event. These events could be related to prescribing, product labeling, dispensing, administration, etc. As per WHO in 2017, the cost of medication errors has been estimated at US$42 billion annually or almost 1% of total global health expenditure. In the UK an estimated 237 million such events occur annually, with one-fourth requiring significant clinical care; while in the US, su

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