Medical Terminology / Unit 15 MedTerm 0962 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why Written Shortcuts Are Error-Prone
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The idea
A written shortcut can be misread when its letters, symbols, or spacing resemble another shortcut or a number.
In practice
A handwritten letter can be read as a digit, changing a record's meaning entirely.
Where people slip
The risk is in how a form looks on a page, not in whether the writer knew what it meant.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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