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A few Issues: This is a slight rant
1. As a pharmacy tech and future pharmacists, the other day I encountered a prescription for which a doctor writes with his less dominant hand. Another one of the techs told me that he does this because he doesnt want his patients to duplicate his style of handwriting. This really doesnt make any sense. In addition, it seems more doctors might be writing prescriptions with their less dominant hands http://www.pharmacytimes.com/article.cfm?ID=4245. Look at the script on the left side, which is for Lipitor. Clearly no human being is this bad at their handwriting unless they are writing with their untrained hand. So has anyone else encountered this fallacy in logic. Someone can make fake a prescription pretty easily since some of the paper that these prescriptions are on are ordinary with no security background. The pharmacists nor the pharmacy techs check to make sure the doctors characteristic handwriting style is consistant with all the scripts he has written in the past.
2. Why not make all prescriptions electronic, or type them and print them out for the patients? The directions are much more clear and precise. It also allows the patient to know what he is taking without having to guess from the handwriting. On top of all that, you are saving your patient from a potential misfill!!!! You are also saving your pharmacists from losing their license and the pharmacy for getting sued. I am also sure you care for your patients, so why not take this slight extra step which provides convenience for all in the long run. The bottomline is if a pharmacy has called your office for clarification on a prescription due to handwritting on several occasions, it is time for you to suck up your pride and type your prescriptions out.
1. As a pharmacy tech and future pharmacists, the other day I encountered a prescription for which a doctor writes with his less dominant hand. Another one of the techs told me that he does this because he doesnt want his patients to duplicate his style of handwriting. This really doesnt make any sense. In addition, it seems more doctors might be writing prescriptions with their less dominant hands http://www.pharmacytimes.com/article.cfm?ID=4245. Look at the script on the left side, which is for Lipitor. Clearly no human being is this bad at their handwriting unless they are writing with their untrained hand. So has anyone else encountered this fallacy in logic. Someone can make fake a prescription pretty easily since some of the paper that these prescriptions are on are ordinary with no security background. The pharmacists nor the pharmacy techs check to make sure the doctors characteristic handwriting style is consistant with all the scripts he has written in the past.
2. Why not make all prescriptions electronic, or type them and print them out for the patients? The directions are much more clear and precise. It also allows the patient to know what he is taking without having to guess from the handwriting. On top of all that, you are saving your patient from a potential misfill!!!! You are also saving your pharmacists from losing their license and the pharmacy for getting sued. I am also sure you care for your patients, so why not take this slight extra step which provides convenience for all in the long run. The bottomline is if a pharmacy has called your office for clarification on a prescription due to handwritting on several occasions, it is time for you to suck up your pride and type your prescriptions out.
