I came across this interesting article at Time website saying that doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually.
I dunno where did this stereotype come from, because not all doctors have bad handwriting, you know~ Or at least, mine's not =p
And to overcome this problem, they said they will launch a program to enable all doctors in the U.S. to write electronic prescriptions for free. It's called the National e-prescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI).
But the funny thing is that, there is a reason why most doctors are opting for pens and prescription pads instead of prescribing electronically in the first place!
I personally think doctors who are computer illiterate already outnumbered doctors whose handwriting is unreadable nowadays. And yet they still want to give some hi-tech device as a substitute for prescription pads ;p
But maybe this only happens to the old-school doctors. Young doctors and medical students nowadays are all experts on facebook and stuffs.. hehe
But what do i care.. I wanna be a surgeon (^_~) amiin
5 comments:
hari tu kata ophthal..ni nak jadi surgeon plak :p
multitasking?
tetiba teringat kes doktor screwed up playing online games while monitoring ICU patient.
and the patient died, unnoticed.
hi-tech docs, hurmmm~
Tobibah Ainy: choice sy antara ophthalmologist ngan surgeon ;p sbb sng kalau nk kerja kat luar negara nanti iAllah
Syaimaa': nanti akan dtg dgr plak berita patient mati sbb doc sibuk main facebook online ;p
alamak..
terkena batang hidung
~_~!
caught something there, keluar negara?
where to? malaysia x best ke?
kalau ada rezeki iAllah =) not that i must, but i'd like to have the option.. and being a physician does not really provide that, due to differences in the drugs used there and also the language barrier.. u've gotta talk to patients a lot, rite?
but being a surgeon, u can fit almost everywhere.. u can't find people from different countries having appendix on the left side, can u? =)
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