Why has the number of medication errors increased by 463% between 2010 and 2016 in the US?

Question

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/10/skin-melts-off-medication-error/315930001/ ([mirror](https://web.archive.org/web/20170511010443/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/10/skin-melts-off-medication-error/315930001/)) says: >According to the Food and Drug Administration, medication errors jumped from 16,689 in 2010 to more than 93,930 in 2016. That's nearly a 463% increase. Why has the number of medication errors increased by 463% between 2010 and 2016 in the US?

Answer 1

per the article: "The FDA said the spike is because of improvements made to its reporting system over the last two years. Pharmacy industry experts believe the numbers also reflect more people are filling more prescriptions than ever." More meds, mean more changes for a mistake.