An Indian High Court ruled that legible medical prescriptions are a fundamental right after encountering an unreadable medico‑legal report. The court ordered handwriting training in medical schools, mandated prescriptions in capital letters for now, and set a two‑year deadline for nationwide digital prescriptions. The Indian Medical Association said it would help implement the change, noting rural reliance on handwritten notes.
— This makes care quality justiciable and uses courts to mandate health IT rollout, signaling how rights‑based rulings can reshape medical standards, liability, and state capacity.
BeauHD
2026.01.07
78% relevant
Both items place prescriptions and prescription practice at the center of regulation: Utah’s program operationalizes prescription issuance via an AI workflow (patient verification, history pull, question script) and creates new norms about how prescriptions must be legible, auditable, and delivered — echoing the earlier idea that courts/agencies can mandate prescription standards and health‑IT rollouts.
msmash
2025.10.01
100% relevant
Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri’s order directing India’s government to add handwriting instruction and roll out digital prescriptions within two years.
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