It’s been a long-standing joke that no one can read Doctors’ handwriting. Except that it really is no joke. Poor handwriting can lead to serious pharmaceutical errors which could lead to accidental deaths. In other words, this is a serious matter. Some states request that physicians send prescriptions to the pharmacy electronically which cuts down on such mistakes. According to a report released last year by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), 1.5 million injuries occur each year because pharmacists and healthcare workers misread sloppy handwriting.
Google executive gives details about its new AI feature designed to read a Doctor’s sloppy handwriting