Well now there is a new hand held coputer that could eliminate some of those errors. The MDPad they call it. It's an electronic prescription computer that can be programmed with vital patient information, such as current medications and allergies and allows physicians to easily print out legible and error free prescriptions. Besides curing the handwriting problem, the handheld computers will store patient information and a drug database that can be easily updated online. The Institute of Medicine estimates as many as 98,000 people die from medical mistakes in hospitals each year.
Harried doctors prescribe the wrong doses of the wrong medications.
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