The advent of computers and word processing programs have left people dependent upon machines to do their writing depriving them the chance to practice and improve their handwriting skills. To most this has become a potential for problems. Here’s an example of doctors’ poor handwriting.In 1999, a ground-breaking lawsuit drew national attention to the implications of doctors’ handwriting when a cardiologist was fined $225,000 by a Texas jury. A prescription he had scrawled for Isordil, a drug for heart pain, was misread by the pharmacist as Plendil, used for high blood pressure. The patient took an overdose of the wrong medication and died of a heart attack.’Curious about your thoughts?