Shorthand isn’t scribbles, you are correct. But not everyone can read shorthand, and furthermore, the bulk of doctors don’t use it, and rather use actual scribbles and some medical shorthand / abbreviations (I’m speaking from experience in the USA). I have had to have doctor’s re-issue prescriptions because they just put gobblygook on the paper that no one can read. What am I to do with that? I can’t just read their minds and / or guess what the doctor ordered???
The “scribbles” in the article are clearly Gregg shorthands.
I also don’t work in a nation of 24+ competing languages, but even in Japan we use standardized shorthands&scripts. I’ve read many horror stories in the 🇺🇲, and how you can malpractice and state hop to never get prosecuted.
It just angers me these politicians can write “scribbles” too, and healthcare can’t.
I would hate to standardize🇮🇳 shorthands, I would hate to standardize 🇺🇲.
Shorthand isn’t scribbles, you are correct. But not everyone can read shorthand, and furthermore, the bulk of doctors don’t use it, and rather use actual scribbles and some medical shorthand / abbreviations (I’m speaking from experience in the USA). I have had to have doctor’s re-issue prescriptions because they just put gobblygook on the paper that no one can read. What am I to do with that? I can’t just read their minds and / or guess what the doctor ordered???
It just angers me these politicians can write “scribbles” too, and healthcare can’t.