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Hi gmatclub members including experts (Bunuel, mikemcgarry @gmatninja):
I came across a RC long passage that and I wrongly chose a different line as a main point. The explanation in the Manhattan RC guide points to a different line as the main point of the passage, but for some reason I am struggling to wrap my head around the explanation. I would highly appreciate any insight on why the explanation holds and where I am missing the point. THe passage is listed below:
Passage: Prescription Errors
In Europe, medical prescriptions were
historically written in Latin, for many centuries the universal medium of communication
among the educated. A prescription for eye
drops written in Amsterdam could be filled in
Paris, because the abbreviation OS meant "left
eye" in both places. With the disappearance
of Latin as a lingua franca, however, abbreviations such as OS can easily be confused with
/IS ("left ear") orper os ("by mouth"), even by
trained professionals. Such misinterpretations
of medical instructions can be fatal. In the early
1990s, two infants died in separate but identical tragedies: they were each administered 5
milligrams of morphine, rather than 0.5 milligrams, as the dosage was written without an
initial zero. The naked decimal (.5) was subsequently misread..
The personal and economic costs
of misinterpreted medical prescriptions and
instructions are hard to quantify. However,
anecdotal evidence suggests that misinterpretations are prevalent. While mistakes
will always happen in any human endeavor,
medical professionals, hospital administrators,
and policymakers should continually work to
drive the prescription error rate to zero, taking
simple corrective steps and also pushing for
additional investments. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> main point according to Manhattan RC guide.
Certain measures are widely agreed
upon, even if some are difficult to enforce,
given the decentralization of the country's
healthcare system. For instance, the American
Medical Association and other professional
organizations have publicly advocated against
the use of Latin abbreviations and other relics
of historical pharmacology. As a result, incidents in which qd ("every day"),qid ("four times
a day"), and qod ("every other day") have been
mixed up seem to be on the decline. Other
measures have been taken by regulators who
oversee potential areas of confusion, such as
drug names. For instance, the FDA asked a
manufacturer to change the name of Levoxine,
a thyroid medication, to Levoxyl, so that confusion with Lanoxin, a heart failure drug, would
be reduced. Likewise, in 1990 the antacid Losec
was renamed Prilosec at the FDA's behest to
differentiate it from Lasix, a diuretic. Unfortunately, since 1992 there have been at least a
dozen reports of accidental switches between
Prilosec and Prozac, an antidepressant. As
more drugs reach the market, drug-name
"traffic control" will only become more complicated.
Other measures are controversial or
require significant investment and consensusbuilding. For instance, putting the patient's
condition on the prescription would allow
double-checking but also reduce patient privacy; thus, this step continues to be debated.
Computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE)
systems seem to fix the infamous problem of
illegible handwriting, but many CPOE systems
permit naked decimals and other dangerous
practices. Moreover, since fallible humans must
still enter and retrieve the data, any technological fixes must be accompanied by substantial
training. Ultimately, a multi-pronged approach
is needed to address the issue.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the line I chose as the main point in conjunction with statements from previous paragaraphs - "there are many approaches - some widely agreed, some controversial"
so my version of the main point was: "There are many approaches, some widely agreed and some controversial; we need a multi-pronged approach to address the issue."
I see that the version that I constructed comes after the main point that Manhattan guide has picked. And I am unable to make a clear judgement on why/how the one picked by manhattan guide is the main point.
Help appreciated. Thank you.
I came across a RC long passage that and I wrongly chose a different line as a main point. The explanation in the Manhattan RC guide points to a different line as the main point of the passage, but for some reason I am struggling to wrap my head around the explanation. I would highly appreciate any insight on why the explanation holds and where I am missing the point. THe passage is listed below:
Passage: Prescription Errors
In Europe, medical prescriptions were
historically written in Latin, for many centuries the universal medium of communication
among the educated. A prescription for eye
drops written in Amsterdam could be filled in
Paris, because the abbreviation OS meant "left
eye" in both places. With the disappearance
of Latin as a lingua franca, however, abbreviations such as OS can easily be confused with
/IS ("left ear") orper os ("by mouth"), even by
trained professionals. Such misinterpretations
of medical instructions can be fatal. In the early
1990s, two infants died in separate but identical tragedies: they were each administered 5
milligrams of morphine, rather than 0.5 milligrams, as the dosage was written without an
initial zero. The naked decimal (.5) was subsequently misread..
The personal and economic costs
of misinterpreted medical prescriptions and
instructions are hard to quantify. However,
anecdotal evidence suggests that misinterpretations are prevalent. While mistakes
will always happen in any human endeavor,
medical professionals, hospital administrators,
and policymakers should continually work to
drive the prescription error rate to zero, taking
simple corrective steps and also pushing for
additional investments. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> main point according to Manhattan RC guide.
Certain measures are widely agreed
upon, even if some are difficult to enforce,
given the decentralization of the country's
healthcare system. For instance, the American
Medical Association and other professional
organizations have publicly advocated against
the use of Latin abbreviations and other relics
of historical pharmacology. As a result, incidents in which qd ("every day"),qid ("four times
a day"), and qod ("every other day") have been
mixed up seem to be on the decline. Other
measures have been taken by regulators who
oversee potential areas of confusion, such as
drug names. For instance, the FDA asked a
manufacturer to change the name of Levoxine,
a thyroid medication, to Levoxyl, so that confusion with Lanoxin, a heart failure drug, would
be reduced. Likewise, in 1990 the antacid Losec
was renamed Prilosec at the FDA's behest to
differentiate it from Lasix, a diuretic. Unfortunately, since 1992 there have been at least a
dozen reports of accidental switches between
Prilosec and Prozac, an antidepressant. As
more drugs reach the market, drug-name
"traffic control" will only become more complicated.
Other measures are controversial or
require significant investment and consensusbuilding. For instance, putting the patient's
condition on the prescription would allow
double-checking but also reduce patient privacy; thus, this step continues to be debated.
Computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE)
systems seem to fix the infamous problem of
illegible handwriting, but many CPOE systems
permit naked decimals and other dangerous
practices. Moreover, since fallible humans must
still enter and retrieve the data, any technological fixes must be accompanied by substantial
training. Ultimately, a multi-pronged approach
is needed to address the issue.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the line I chose as the main point in conjunction with statements from previous paragaraphs - "there are many approaches - some widely agreed, some controversial"
so my version of the main point was: "There are many approaches, some widely agreed and some controversial; we need a multi-pronged approach to address the issue."
I see that the version that I constructed comes after the main point that Manhattan guide has picked. And I am unable to make a clear judgement on why/how the one picked by manhattan guide is the main point.
Help appreciated. Thank you.
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