Phil Gingrey: “There is no question about how important that is, because, as the gentleman from Pennsylvania pointed out, when you…”

“There is no question about how important that is, because, as the gentleman from Pennsylvania pointed out, when you cannot even read the prescription, it is bad enough, but in many instances, a doctor is not going to know. Maybe the particular patient is sick in the emergency room, high fever, not at their best mentally, they are not going to be able to relate that information. That is why these cards are going to be so important so that, when you write that prescription, even if your penmanship is absolutely perfect, you need to make sure that you are not giving them a medication that would react with maybe two or three other things that they are on and could cause a serious problem. In closing, I want to make sure that my colleagues understand that most healthcare providers, if a patient is injured because of someone practicing below the standard of care, then we want them to recover.”