Summary Week 6 assignment.edited.docx HCAD301 Unit 6 Assignment American Military University HCAD301 Introduction œEach year, in the United States alone, 7,000 to 9,000 people die due to a medication error. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of other

Week 6 HCAD301 Unit 6 Assignment American Military University HCAD301 Introduction œEach year, in the United States alone, 7,000 to 9,000 people die due to a medication error. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of other patients experience but often do not report an adverse reaction or other complications related to a medication  (Tariq, 2021). Medication errors within the healthcare field is a major issue that has only gotten worse. Medication errors can be defined as any event that could have been preventable involving a medication that has caused harm to a patient. This a broad definition and there is a reason for that. There are endless reasons why there could be a medication error. Also, there are endless precautions to ensure that medication errors do not occur. Medication errors are avoidable. Physicians, pharmacists, and patients need to become cognoscente of possible errors