In this substantial report, the American Institute of Medicine (IOM) stated that in 1999, approximately 98,000 Americans (almost 100,000 Americans!) died in a U.S. hospital due to diagnostic errors and nearly one million American patients have suffered a preventable medical error, resulting in disease progression or death (Andel et al., 2013). In an effort to paint a clear picture of the severity of medical errors for every person who dies in the United States due to a drunk driver, there are two deaths caused by medical errors. The IOM report concluded that medical errors were primarily the result of system failure (systematic errors) rather than human errors in providers' delivery of health care (Schulman and Kim, 2000). Why is this important for those who have not experienced an adverse event due to medical error? It just really is; It's important because it affects everyone in many ways, one of which is economic. In 2008 alone, America lost $19.5 billion to diagnostic errors (Andel et al., 2013). As a result, there has been an inflation of medical costs. Some services that have accrued additional costs include: ancillary services, prescription drug services, and inpatient and outpatient services (Andel et al., 2013). These increased fees equated to about $17 billion of the $19.5 billion lost. According to the IOM report, the most common medical care errors occur during medication administration and $5,000 is added to each hospitalization due to medication errors alone (Healey and McGowan, 2010). Ultimately, quality health care costs citizens and our country less in the long run. Medical tests and medications can be expensive and sometimes traumatic. Over the past decade, awareness and efforts to understand and address the problem of medical errors have increased..