Q. Why do most of the doctors have bad handwriting?
linda

Why do most of the doctors have bad handwriting?

Sometimes it becomes too difficult to read a prescription.


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  • grace

    A problem for doctors is the volume of paperwork that needs to be completed for each patient encounter. It is a legal requirement that everything that is done, found, or instructed has to be documented prior to a patient being discharged.
    Doctors know perfectly well that theses paper trails end in filing cabinets, never to be seen again, and that paperwork interferes with what’s really important – seeing and treating patients.
    Doctors also realise that what they write is intended to be seen solely by themselves and their peers, and not the public.
    According to the website Faculty of Medicine for Doctors and Medical Students, doctors’ sloppy handwriting kills thousands of patients every year.
    As patients, we have all been puzzled by what doctors have scribbled on prescriptions. Hardly a word can be recognised, often not even a single letter.

    However, the resulting medication will find its way into our bodies, and we trust in the ability of pharmacists to decipher what the doctors have written. This could be one of the toughest jobs on the planet.


       

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