Go to Google News, enter “medication errors,” and you will see nearly 500 recent  articles on the subject of medication errors. Most of the news is bad. Medication errors continue to be more prevalent than is commonly realized, in areas such as cancer care, pediatric care, care of the elderly, and about any kind of treatment rendered in hospitals. Lawyers who bring medical and pharmacy negligence cases arising out of medication errors, are sometimes criticized for driving up the cost of medical care. The truth is that many of the solutions to the stubborn medication error epidemic, are common sense. The civil justice system has its role alongside the medical and pharmacy professions, in reducing preventable medication error