So I've been rotating at hospitals that are half electronic (orders, imaging, etc) but we still have charts and hand write progress notes. I noticed that sometimes attendings are writing scripts and residents are asking and waiting on scripts to be written by the attending. For example, I think I saw once an attending writing a script for insulin. Can someone explain why sometimes scripts need to be signed or written by attendings instead of just being put as a computer order? Are there certain medications that require written scripts? Is it mainly for when a patient is being discharged? I know this seems like a silly question but I genuinely just don't understand. Thanks for the help!