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Question

These small mistakes have a huge impact on patient care in health care. The inability to read a prescription for medicine or a medical order due to errors or illegible handwriting influences the patient receiving the correct medicine, the correct dosage, or the proper treatment. Become the medical reviewer in this discussion. Describe a familiar scenario or create a fictional scenario where a small mistake impacted patient care. (Please do not include any personal names or personal medical information.) In a response post, review and indicate policies, procedures or plans to correct the error presented by a peer. Include proper citation if a policy, procedure or plan references a website or article in support of your comments. Or in a response post, act as the reviewer providing information or a summary to indicate how this simple error would affect the patient satisfaction and outcome.