Rx for Handwriting Success
A Handwriting Seminar for Medical Professionals

The Rx for Handwriting Success seminar is designed for busy professionals to generate immediate improvement. Legible italic handwriting with its easy transition from printing to cursive will be demonstrated in a hands-on seminar including handwriting tips, options, and assessment techniques.

Educational Objectives:

Recognize the impact of illegible handwriting on patient treatment, safety, and outcomes.

Improve handwriting so that all medical professionals can read all handwritten information.

Seminar Objectives:

Identify new handwriting techniques to improve legibility and patient safety.

Discuss the liability of illegible handwriting which jeopardizes patient safety.

Review basic handwriting skills with hands-on practice to achieve legible handwriting using ergonomic writing instrument positions.

Since 2000, Barbara and Inga have presented over 150 handwriting seminars for medical professionals in 21 states. Presentations have been given at the invitation of Continuing Medical Education, Corporate Compliance, Health Information Management, Leadership and Staff Development, Medical Directors, Medical Records, Medical Staff Services, Organizational Development, Performance Improvement, Quality Improvement, Risk Management, as well as medical insurance companies and physicians' organizations.

They have also given international presentations in Florence, Italy at the international conference, "Healthcare Systems Ergonomics and Patient Safety" and in Copenhagen, Denmark at the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Patient Safety Conference.