Simply put, it is essential that efforts are made to modernize the way doctors, hospitals and health care providers keep accurate patient medical histories and medical records. It is now more important than ever that this system be modernized. It's a simple math problem. More people having more access to drugs means yes, more benefits, but also, more risks if those drugs aren't being properly prescribed and distributed. These risks include, but are not limited to, giving the wrong drug to the wrong person, prescribing one drug that causes adverse and possibly fatal effects when combined with another, or perhaps distributing to a patient the wrong amount of a drug, which would also, of course, cause problems.
Medicines save lives and also improve our quality of life.
So naturally, we want as many people as possible to have access to the medicines they need. But the mismanagement of medicines can do more than just hurt people. It can kill. Well, no doubt, some mistakes are caused by flat out human error - bad judgement calls, inexperience and oversight. That can be best prevented by ensuring that all medical personnel are properly trained, certified and supervised.