On Mon, 15 May 2006 15:06, Ken Harvey wrote: > Unscripted errors > > http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19106690-23289,00.html > > Computers were supposed to make prescribing safer, but they may have > simply brought a new set of safety headaches, writes Kellie Bisset > May 13, 2006 > > YOU probably haven't heard a joke about doctors' handwriting for a > while. That's because electronic prescribing with its clear computer > printouts has largely replaced the indecipherable scrawl that doctors > used to write on prescription pads. >
Yeah: now they get the wrong drug, but it is the pharmacy assistant who has transcribed incorrectly from the (legible) printed prescription. jh _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
