HCA 375 Continuous Quality Monitoring & Accreditation Illegible Physicians Handwriting

Introduction

    Illegible handwriting and transcription errors are responsible for as much as 61 percent of medication errors in hospitals. A simple mistake such as putting the decimal point in the wrong place can have serious consequences causing a patient's dosage to be 10 times the recommended amount.  This is a serious problem.  Bad handwriting is the cause for many delays due the time spent in trying to decipher the Doctor’s order.  This is a subject that has to be taken seriously to....