hard to read -- could critical numbers by misinterpreted? (Why
> doesn't anyone bother with the 'fine' or 'high-res' settings when
> faxing?) Keying the information in and reading it from a computer
> screen makes me uneasy -- I think it'd be easier to make an error
> there than from pen and paper.
It is an old and widely accepted cliche' that doctors have terrible handwriting. My daughter is in her 4th year as a medical student and she tells me that pharmacists and nurses really like the hospitals with a computer based system for the doctors to make notes and write up prescriptions. There are fewer mistakes and no hard to read instructions. While it may make you uneasy, real life experience says using the computer is less prone to error.
Bill Ranck Blacksburg, Va.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: And since we all know the computer does not make mistakes and always is accurate, then whatever the prescription calls for has to be the correct medicine. PAT]