How many patients and complex issues do you see a day?
Do you really believe every patient only needs a panacea and out?
Shorthands were designed so none waste time, even you. Just because you choose to write out your sentences very clearly and detailed, doesn’t mean every profession should.
Hi, state certified pharmacy technician here. I’m the guy that receives and types prescriptions. Shorthand is absolutely a thing; “tk 2 t po q 8 h” is a pretty reasonable example that translates to “take two tablets by mouth every 8 hours.” Legibility is a completely separate issue. If I can’t read it, I take it to the pharmacist. If they can’t decode it, we skip it, file it, and request a new one. When the patient comes to get it, we tell them we need a new script, and that we’re waiting for the prescriber to get back to us. But, sure, go ahead and tell me that illegible scripts aren’t real and can’t hurt patients.
Common folks are ignorant because they choose to be. But even the article admitted chemists are not being held by the same standard healthcare is. Why should one profession suffer when others do not?
“forcing doctors to write clearly legible notes will kill people” is probably my favourite take this month
How many patients and complex issues do you see a day? Do you really believe every patient only needs a panacea and out?
Shorthands were designed so none waste time, even you. Just because you choose to write out your sentences very clearly and detailed, doesn’t mean every profession should.
Now, tell a Judge to write out their verdicts.
Hi, state certified pharmacy technician here. I’m the guy that receives and types prescriptions. Shorthand is absolutely a thing; “tk 2 t po q 8 h” is a pretty reasonable example that translates to “take two tablets by mouth every 8 hours.” Legibility is a completely separate issue. If I can’t read it, I take it to the pharmacist. If they can’t decode it, we skip it, file it, and request a new one. When the patient comes to get it, we tell them we need a new script, and that we’re waiting for the prescriber to get back to us. But, sure, go ahead and tell me that illegible scripts aren’t real and can’t hurt patients.
We are both in agreement that undecipherable messes shouldn’t exist. However how far will governments like India regress improvements in handwriting?
The hypocrisy I’m demonstrating is that politicians in India shorthand. And the judges that handed this verdict did not handwrite this at all.
Common folks are ignorant because they choose to be. But even the article admitted chemists are not being held by the same standard healthcare is. Why should one profession suffer when others do not?