Many residents manage care across multiple settings—clinic visits, pharmacy pickup, and sometimes repeat appointments when side effects appear. That workflow increases the odds that:
- A prescription change isn’t communicated clearly to the pharmacy
- Refills are processed with outdated instructions
- Similar medication names or strengths get mixed up during busy handoffs
- Discharge instructions conflict with what was actually dispensed
When the error is noticed days later (or after a second appointment), the records become the whole case. The earlier you preserve labels, paperwork, and timelines, the better your odds of building a defensible account of causation.


