AAMT Book
Posted By: ERMT2 on 2007-01-26
In Reply to: what a rip off........ - sad really....
Me too! And what do they do for us? Not a heck of a lot! The pay rates keep going down and our expenses continue to increase.
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its just a book that AAMT came up sm
with years ago and the companies and hospitals that go by it don't have a clue. There is nothing the least bit professional about the book. Somebody, arbitrarily came up with these rules years ago and made alot of money off of selling it. To keep up with making money they are going to have to keep selling the book therefore changing it every few years. Its ridiculous!
Looks like your QA is going by the AAMT Book of Style
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AAMT Book of Style...
What changed in the newer version that is of great importance? Can anyone tell me briefly? Thanks!
AAMT Book of Style CD
Bought both, seems easier to find things in the book, wish I didn't waste the money on the CD
AAMT Book Errors
It is the AAMT Book of Style
Supposedly it is the standard; however, usually client preference becomes the standard when you have your own accounts. The client rules in this regard. Some of the clients do not know what BOS even is to dictate that way.
Do you have the AAMT Book of Style Second edition?
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AAMT Book of Style question...
I am looking for the AAMT Book of Style. I was trying to get a used on on Ebay, then came across a CD for much less. Does anyone know if the CD has everything the book has? Also, are there search features on the CD? I am thinking a CD would be even faster if I had to reference something, if all the info is on there. Thanks in advance!
Crepitance per AAMT Book of Style
According to AAMT book of style crepitance because of its frequent usage is an allowable term even though it is not in the dictionaries.
AAMT Book of Style-2nd Edition
I am a new MT, I was wondering if anyone was selling any "AAMT Book of Style-2nd Edition" or the CD Rom version? Also looking for a current Medical Spellchecker?
Please let me know
Angie
angifogg@aol.com
You need to get a copy of the AAMT Book of Style II and see how it's done now. Try eBay. nm
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AAMT Book of Style 2 is a great investment
for a student MT. While some companies may not use it, most certainly do for their initial testing on hiring - including the grammar sections. Go for it! One can never have too many books! 
What is the difference between the 1st and 2nd editions of the AAMT Book of Style? (sm)
I presently have the first edition which I bought years and years ago and am considering investing in the 2nd edition; however, I hate to spend that much money on basically the same book. Is it worth the new investment to upgrade? What kinds of changes are in the new version and are there many of them? TIA
2008 AAMT Book Of Style? Is it worth getting?
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Let's see...American Medical Association vs. the AAMT Book of Style..
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The AAMT Book of Style for Medical Transcriptionists, 2nd Edition,
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Updating surgical references - new Stedmans Word Book, Tessier Surgery Book or others - best one in
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Just make a note in your book and go on. Every book I read you can find an error
or 2. Nobody is perfect. Lucky you only paid $60. New it is $80 or more.
I would buy book by Dog Whisperer. His TV shows covers things like this and would think his book mi
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Quick Look Drug Book (book & CD/ROM)..sm..
Does anyone use both. I'm definitely getting the CD/ROM and am debating about buying both. I don't see any reason to have both but there could be something I don't know.
I noticed CD/ROMs are on backorder but they're selling downloadable versions. I can handle that.
The Sted's Ortho & Rehab Words is probably my most used book and then the Lab Words book. GL! nm
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Medical Word Book by Sloan, Surgical Word Book by sm
Tessier, Dorland's dictionary, BOS, and my very fave I think is now out of print but called Spellright by Rice.
Oh, someone benefits from AAMT - AAMT DOES!
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That would be a lab value, so I'd use a lab book. sm
I realize you're doing practice tapes so you're not going to have all the reference books. I personally rely on the internet as little as possible because there's a lot of false info out there....just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true! It's really impossible to do this job without your own set of reference books....MANY of them. For what you're doing today there is no one site that will answer all of your word questions.
book
Some of the websites are good, but the Stedman's book is the best.
Got that book
that's a big scam too. Don't waste your time or money.If you really want to see it, email me and I would be glad to share it. Sorry about the extra money thing...I have no ideas either but i would be interested in finding out more myself if anyones knows!
M-TEC is #1 in my book, followed by . . .
Andrews. Both programs are comprehensive, and many companies wave the standard 2-year experience requirement for grads of these schools.
That IS the book!!! Thank you!
Too late though, I ordered the other one just in case too. LOL! Oooh I'm so excited! That book ROCKS!
Believe it or not, the book says (sm)
do not use Windex, but I doubt that made "chips". I bet what you are seeing are raised marks, not indented, if you know what I mean. Use the glass top cleaner, and book says a razor blade - yes, a razor blade. I use a sharp, straight little paring knife while the cleaner is on, and the stuff comes off. Good luck.
NEW MT - book for
I would have to say that anything for the new MT would be outdated before it ever goes to print. I think that "new MTs" are a thing of the past. With VR and editing, as well as outsourcing - this business is not anything like it was 18 years ago - or even 10 years ago - and I don't know that a book would be helpful to someone wanting to get into this business, because every year there are fewer MTs going to work - I believe that our days are numbered and could encourage anyone looking into MT to look into coding or some other aspect of hospital work - if they are dead set on working in the everychanging medical field. The days of the Prima Donna MT are gone forever.
MT book sm
I hate to agree but I must. The profession has changed greatly. I had a wonderful experience as an MT starting out and then as my own professional business in a business office. I was on the speaker's bureau for a community college. I told them I no longer wanted to encourage people to spend 2 years of their life getting a degree to do this work. Times have changed. Everyone is supposed to have a book in them though, so I hope you do well. I have thought of it myself many times, but now it would be more of a warning to probably stay away. Hate to be negative but things are changing and not necessarily for the better!
Log book
I am not required either to keep one but I am very thankful I do. I have had doctors looking for a job and I can refer to it on the date of service and tell him whether or not he dictated on that patient. Plus I keep track of my money to see if my pacheck matches the payroll.
Name of Book
Is there a particular book by Stedmans for just "physical therapy?" Also, how do you like typing Physical Therapy?
Are you looking at the CD or the book?
I have not loaded the CD that came with it. My hard copy states "copyright 1995 and 2002", and is the second edition, which I assumed was the newest. It was the version my employer insisted I buy. If you have the same version as me, its very interesting (and scary) that some copies would be correct and some not!
OMG so its only MY book!?
I'm looking right at it as I type this, and its wrong in mine! This is really, really weird.
I'm looking at the book, not the CD!! nm
IMT book.
The Independent Medical Transcriptionist book is being updated, and the IMT5 version if due to be released in the Fall. FYI.
My Most Used Ref Book
Stedman's Ortho & Rehab Third Edition
SecondTessier Surgical Word Book Second Edition
Only using the book, so I don't know. Sorry. nm
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book
There were a lot of phrases and short cuts I would not have thought of and I thought it was somewhat helpful. I think I learned just about as much though just going into the website that Marianne gave above. From that I could actually figure out quite a few extra phrases to use that have helped me out in the last few reports. Thanks for that. I guess I liked the book and it did help a lot, but just taking the first letter for some words in a phrase and making a shortcut from makes a lot of sense to me, and has helped a lot.
Book of BS.
I have worked for two top-20 hospitals and several others through the years and none of them ever mentioned the Book of BS. They all have their own specifications which are usually very limited due to the flexibility of the English language and the great diversity of style in a hospital environment.
I think the BOS may have started out as somebody's list of personal preferences that they decided to package into book form and sell (for a hefty price). Now if they can only convince people that it's the "Bible of MT" they can sell thousands and thousands of copies to every MT the planet (think India) who will have little choice but to buy it to find out what "the rules" are. Then release new editions and sell thousands and thousands more copies! Wheeeeeee!!!
It's okay as a book of "general suggestions" for a clueless newbie who doesn't have any idea what to do with "milliequivalents" but that's about it. It is ridiculous to think that some MTs have probably lost their jobs or didn't pass a screening test because a lame MTSO considered the Book of BS the "Bible of MT" that must be obeyed.
bos book
I have it on file on my computer. Send me your email and i will transfer you a copy.
there was a book being used before BOS
Ya know, the (former) AAMT did not invent guidelines for MTs. They just needed to justify taking money by offering a product to take even more of your money. The BOS was created to compete with the book being marketed by the AMA, you know, the group representing doctors the MT community was serving.
Everyone wants to get all ruffled about having to meet QA standards. Show me a product that does not have QA and I will show you a defunct company, most likely due to having been sued for having a substandard product. Automobiles have QA. Food service businesses have QA. The list could go on. To think that as a group MTs are being picked on is assuming a poor-me victim attitude. If this fits you, shoo, go on, get. Let me have your work.
AAMT BOS
Well hey, spelling a lot as one word is commonplace too; does that make it okay?? Do they really think MDs keep up with all the illogical changes they come up with? Do they realize that MDs actually take the time to edit stuff they don't recognize to be correct? What good is it if it actually causes MDs to stop and edit??
AAMT
It's just too bad that AAMT has not taken an assertive stand for the American MT and keeping confidential patient records in this country. For such a long time medical record administrators have fought the concerns of medical transcriptionists since the 60's. There was always a divisive agenda from medical record librarians (as they were called then) toward the transcriptionist. They didn't want to see the Transcriptionist come to the forefront of the medical records industry, nor did they like the income transcriptionists made(then) -WHAT? a transcriptionist make more money than a medical records librarian? I still see it now - you see AHIMA's hand down the back zipper of AAMT puppeting what direction they want AAMT to go - minimize the importance of the professional medical transcriptionist and rushing to automate the medical record with ASR and EMR. Ask youself this question - how many of you believe that many of the "QA" people at the nationals are discarded or displaced medical record technicians or the like? Many of the medical record administrators lost their jobs about 10 years ago during hefty layoffs when hospitals began a surge of outsourcing and many of these people had to seek jobs in the transcription industry for national companies as sales people, administrators, and QA people. I can't begin to tell you how many RHIT people haven't a clue about medical transcription. I've worked with so many who got a lot of things wrong legally but hey, because they were above the transcription department, they were right. Don't question them.
AAMT
Have to afford those trips to Hawaii somehow.
AAMT
I know. It is so strange. I was just on the AAMT forum. I know if I start making "waves" I'll be considered a troublemaker. It is really said what is happening in that organization when it could provide such a boost.
AAMT
That is how I have been feeling. A friend of mine says I need to run, but I'm afraid of how it would be handled. -
AAMT
Thanks so much. You are right. I will contact this gentleman.
well, according to the AAMT BOS...sm
"Always place periods inside quotation marks." <<< see, like I did! 
Ah, yes. The AAMT.
Medware offshores. They don't pay well, either. I see by your other post that you won't work for acusisindia, what's the difference? Offshoring is offshoring.
AAMT = Against American Medical Transcriptionists
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