In fact, netizens who answer this question online have different answers, but many of them are not very accurate.

Some people think that doctors write this on purpose, because they are afraid that patients will take medical records to other stores to have their prescriptions filled. In fact, this is based on the fact that after the doctor has given you a prescription, you can basically see the name of the medicine after you get it, and there is nothing to hide.

Some people think that doctors don't write carefully because a large number of patients make appointments every day. This is also unfounded, because writing fast does not necessarily mean writing carelessly. Generally speaking, as a doctor, seeing patients is very focused, and there will be no impatience, and I will not write quickly because of time problems. Do you believe that paying attention to doctors' writing will be faster? Ha ha.

Finally, the reason why the doctor wrote so untidily is because the case depends on the doctor's point of view, and he doesn't want others to know his judgment. If the doctor writes in the medical record that you have a cold, sore throat, abnormal heartbeat, etc. If you show the case to others, others may disagree with the doctor's view on the case and say that the doctor does not know how to see a doctor. Therefore, doctors' writing is so messy that doctors in the same profession may not be able to understand it, and those who are not in the same profession are even more ugly. As doctors, they will have their own way.

In addition, doctors scribble on the case, but the words on the prescription are generally not messy, because they are afraid that the nurse will mix the wrong medicine.

Why do doctors write so badly that all doctors write? ...

After the doctor arrives at the hospital at 7: 30 every morning, he begins to check all the patients' conditions, and then gives orders and prescriptions, and each prescription stipulates that no more than five drugs can be prescribed. Therefore, a patient usually has at least two prescriptions, and then he begins to record the course of each patient on that day, during which he receives new patients. In this state for a long time, it is impossible to write neatly ... A preparatory doctor turns to three years of experience (but now many hospitals are computerized)

Why can't the doctor read his handwriting and signature?

Western medicine prescriptions need Latin. People who don't know Latin can't understand.

Doctors have developed the habit of writing. Just like you write your own name (such as your signature), you write the same words every day, and the more you write, the more careless you are. Finally, only you will know them. Doctors prescribe similar prescriptions, and many doctors prescribe similar prescriptions every day, especially anti-inflammatory drugs and commonly used drugs.

Why is the doctor's handwriting so sloppy that people can't understand what it is?

Some doctors' handwriting I have specially practiced cursive script can't recognize. The cursive script is organized, but their scribbles are not organized at all, and even the doctors don't know each other's handwriting. Why do people in that room know each other? Because the doctor and the people in the room have an agreement and tacit understanding. The doctor deliberately scribbled, in order not to be understood, in order to "keep secret", let you buy it. A few scrawlers don't know that this is also the need for "secrecy" and "designated stores" to buy.

Why do doctors like writing gobbledygook? And the person in charge of taking medicine can understand it!

Author: Chu Yang

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As a surgeon, I have been paying attention to this problem for several days and have never spoken. I just want to see your opinion on this matter first. After reading it, I feel that there are still some misunderstandings. Let me talk about my understanding today.

Doctor's handwriting is a common phenomenon, but it is not an absolute phenomenon. At least the doctors I contacted still have a lot of neat handwriting. Moreover, scribbling is just a phenomenon, not intentional. For example, the inference that "in order to let patients buy drugs in our hospital, to prevent patients from reading the prescriptions prescribed by doctors and to increase the drug income of the hospital" is basically untenable, because most patients still choose to take drugs in the hospital (many drugs are only available in hospitals, and pharmacies are difficult to buy, so it is obviously more convenient to go to the hospital pharmacy to get drugs immediately after seeing a doctor in the hospital). In addition, most doctors are too busy to see the clinic and care where you get the medicine.

How did the doctor's scrawl come from? In fact, there are no trade secrets at all, but he is busy. You may think, how can you be too busy to write well? Let me tell you, many doctors have to see 40 or even 60 patients in an outpatient clinic in the morning (8: 00- 12: 00). Every patient has to ask medical history, physical examination, write outpatient medical records, write prescriptions, and some patients still pester you. Imagine that you are not in the mood to write the words neatly one by one. Decades of this kind of work, so the handwriting is more and more scribbled.

The doctor's handwriting is so scrawled, how can the pharmacist understand it? As the third cousin said, "people didn't write it for you at all", because there are many abbreviations or Latin in the doctor's prescription, and a layman without professional training may not understand it even if he prints it out for you.

For example: TAT 1500u X 1.

Sign. 1500u im st！

The pharmacist knows what it means at a glance, that is, a tetanus shot.

On the other hand, China's Law on Medical Practitioners stipulates the practice place of doctors, and most doctors will not change jobs frequently. So doctors, nurses and pharmacists have a long-term cooperative relationship. In the process of scribbling, doctors have been exploring the bottom line of pharmacists. He can still understand when I scribble. I'll scribble more next time. (haha, joking). However, at least after so many years of running-in, even if a few words are not clear, plus the context in the prescription, they can always be understood.

However, at present, most outpatient prescriptions in domestic 3A hospitals are printed, and doctors only need to sign by hand, so this phenomenon will be obviously improved.

The above situation is my personal understanding. There is no theoretical basis.

Why can't ordinary people understand what doctors write?

Some are technical terms.

A person who can read the doctor's handwriting.

I can read a third of what the doctor wrote.

I understand this, but I don't understand the rest.