Dang..I can't even spell it!
Posted By: USMT on 2005-12-13
In Reply to: Vianeta - ww
I am used to working in Microsoft Word. Is this platform a lot different? I am wondering how my productivity will be.
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dang, so mad cant even spell right lol
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Dang - I Can't Even Spell
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Dang! I cannot see them:(
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dang,,, I mean CTL-F10
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Dang, don't apologize ;-)
Like far out, man..LOL. Awesome resolution on both of them (of course I had to save them to my docs, too)  The second one looks like a Peter Maxx drawing, dontcha think?
Thanks for sharing...really need a peace sign here, dang it...oh, no wink either *sigh*
Dang!! I Just Threw One Away!!
I just had mine croak a couple of months ago and threw it away. I never thought about keeping it to use for spare parts. I had a heck of a time finding one just like it. I finally ended up ordering it from Amazon because the ones at Staples are the newer model with the humongous wrist wrests.
So sorry. I hope you get it up and running again. I absolutely love mine.
Ellen S.
dang...I can't type 210 lph (m)
I wish I could. I've been watching the topic by the OP for ideas on how to get my speed up. Where I live $17 an hour is an amazing amount of money. Last time I worked in house I only made $13/hour and that wasn't that long ago. Thanks for your input! I have to decide by next week and I keep changing my mind.
dang I suck!
LOL. I have only had a job for the last 3.5 weeks. Yesterday I hit 700 lines in a day. Thank goodness I have no minimum. But the first day I actually worked, I only hit 279 lines. I get faster and faster everyday. I also learned how to add things into the AutoCorrect option in MicroSoft Word, so that helped too. I expect to be able to hit 1000 lines per day in another 3 weeks. I also can only get in 5 hours during the day while the kiddos are at school. If I choose to work in the evening I have to stop A LOT. Part of the reason it takes me all day to hit 700 lines is that I hear words I am not familair with. Or meds I have to look up. I also go back and proofread all documents twice. Seem I have no minimum requirement I can truly spend a little extra time on each document and be sure it the best I can do. I know, over time, I will not to proofread every document over and over, but I am still learning.
that's too funny! And you figured out what he was saying...dang
hot dang, what a great website!!!
Adding to Favorites.
DANG, didn't work
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DANG, I already erased it from my DVR. I could have told ya for sure.
can't wait to hear, I'm sure it's only RUMOR though!
Well, dang. I missed it. What was the big yank? nm
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Dang, I had that problem before but don't remember how to fix it.
I will check around to see if I can find out again.
dang! WHAT husband?! I should light a candle...
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Dang, I didn't know there was one with a "zoom" button (sm)
now I have to have one of those!
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dang, that is the wordiest article I've ever read. nm
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I had all those dang ages in my auto correct before. The whole 90-year-old expansion. nm
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Dang Lucy's got a good idea. Now why didn't I think of that because I've been experiencing
I can't even spell that! LOL
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I am going with Ala. Not sure how to spell her name. nm
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6, you would only spell it out....
...is if there are 2 numbers in a row. For instance:
The patient is to take two 10 mg tablets daily.
(NOT 2 10 mg).
Hope this helps.
I spell it that way...
and I am in the US, although I am Canadian. I know in Canada I have seen it spelled both ways.
I know how to spell most and
what I dont' know, I make it a point to learn. I've gotten more than 1 "critical" error from QA stating that I had misspelled a medical term or drug, only to prove that I was correct and QA was wrong. Not to offend any QA'ers, but if you're going to correct someone else's work, you'd better know your stuff.
The one error was even spelled incorrectly by the neurologist dictating: olivopontine cerebellar degeneration. He spelled it out as "oliGopontine", but I spelled it according to Stedman's and proved both him and QA wrong.
Boy, were their faces red! My point wasn't to embarrass anyone, it was to type the report correctly. Spelling is important. We have enough other factors to squelch our line count. If there's anything I can do on my part to bring it up, why not?
What I do is when they say spell it out I put
it in my Expander program, so I can continue typing b.i.d. I don't have to think about do I or don't I. Same with contractions - put shouldn't in my expander and if I go into auto drive mode I don't have to worry about missing it.
I have 20 years of experience. I haven't worked for many companies, but I've had several accounts. One says do this, the other one is don't differently, and then there is the verbatim, but it isn't really verbatim because we still have to clean it up a bit. It is hard to switch, plus there alwasy seem to be little things no one has mentioned and isn't in account specifics, etc. I just got off of 100% QA (4 days), but I felt like I would never get off 100% because it seemed QA found something in almost every report. It just may be a comma that was/wasn't needed, but it was something.
I also make me a sticky note and put it where I will see it easily when they make a new change. It takes me maybe 3 days and then I've got it and can toss the sticky.
how about when they spell them
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we were on 4.6, but is this a spell
check you build yourself (for the most part) located in the same screen as your email, etc? Don't remember the field number now, 42 or 46? somewhere in there. Had to return through it and virtually scroll down to the word which can take a few minutes. hope I could help.
How do you spell
Does anyone else notice that AHDI and MTIA have the same address??
Kind of suggests to me that they've created 2 seemingly separate entities, one of which is trying to push mandatory certification and the other of which (surprise!!!) just happens to provide the test. How convenient. It's not like they weren't already making a killing on the CMT certification (especially since they've now got potential CMTs lined up around the world). Now The Word has come down from MTIA (their own creation) that certification is mandatory, so theoretically every MT in the US will have to ante up as well or be unemployable. Chicken or the egg; maybe MTIA came first & created AHDI. Either way, pretty soon they'll all be driving Bentleys if they're not already.
It's downright diabolical, & I'm wondering if it's legal.
Can't spell either.
So why should they be any better at counting?
It's not just the PAs that can't spell
I only have a handful of docs that can actually spell meds or instruments or other doctor's names correctly. And I have an RN who can't pronounce ANYTHING! And then she rambles on for 2 pages and will say, new paragraph. LOL! Waaaaay ahead of you, honey.
Is this when you spell check? If so....sm
hit the #4 and the "sound alikes" should come up on the screen you are use to seeing.
Can't spell aleved sm
The patient states his pain is not worsened by anything nor it is aleved by anything.
I checked dictionary. What am I looking for? Thanks for helping!!!!!
DQS spell checker
When you type "whre" instead of "where" when you spell check it the first word that comes up for a correction option is "whore." Wonder how many reports typed by some of our wonderfully accurate Medquist MT's made it through with the word whore in the report?
spell-check
I think the most popular is Stedman's. I have been using Dorland's. I needed to update my Dorland's Medical Dictionary and bought the new 30th edition. It came with a free spellcheck. So I got both for 49.95 -- quite a deal. I've only been using it a couple months, but it seems comparable to Stedmans (and much less expensive).
Dew ewe reed as gud as you spell?
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spell checker I use
I have used steadmans spell checker for word in the past but the company I work for uses Spellex. I cant really tell a difference between the two but I do know Spellex has a free trial on there site so you can try it before you buy.
Need help on med spell...s/l cultazine...thanks. nm
You spell it "hurricaine"...nm
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And would it not help if you could spell knowledge???? nm
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Spell checker
I have used Stedman's spell checker on two different jobs and love it, but not the price, especially since it is just for one user. Can I really only put it on one computer? I am an IC and have two computers, and now need to buy a medical spell checker. What do all of you guys recommend? I like the fact that the spell checker automatically corrects a lot of the words, and does not simply flag them. I also do not want to go through a manual spell check after I finish a document. Is there another spell checker out there that works as well for less money?
spell as the Romans do......get it?
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I always run a spell check!!! nm
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Don't ya know, an MT should be able to spell every word - sm
imaginable and never, ever make a mistake, even when it does not pertain to your job of medical transcription. Gee Whiz, some people!!!!
Yep, they spell out that stuff...
but would never think of spelling out a difficult medical term or another physicians name... nope.. and they think they are really helping you out!!
This is why I spell out the state name
entirely. Geez...I wonder what you would do with that one...another GROSS error? Even some of the doctors do not know what the abbreviations mean for states other than where they are located, i.e. AR for Arkansas or AK for Alaska, and nobody cares about that GROSS error. Just another observation and a reason why I spell it out. sigh
Agree with the above, spell out sm
everything and pay for a good background check. We have had rentals before and finding a good, decent rental form is hard. I get mine from http://www.offcampusnetwork.com/rental_forms.asp. The rental form is very lengthy, about 8 pages long, but it covers it all. You can save the form to your hard drive in Word and make odds and ends changes here and there to fit your needs. The sample is a lease but I wanted a month-to-month and just changed to to fit. Renting can work out great if your tenants know their limits. We had one or two who went sour about 6 months into the deal and we got rid of them, fast. Heck, the one gal we had to move her things to the curb. Fat chance she was going to stay and not pay. That's mainly why we only did the month to month plans.
There is NO correct way to spell
slang like that. Saturating is the correct word - however, if your QA people say different, then ask them to document it. I defy them to do it!!
Apparently, I cannot spell either...lol. NM
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Why not spell it correctly?
I learned a long time ago that doctors are notoriously bad spellers! What is the word?
I would spell it correctly. sm
That is why we are transcriptionists. It is our job to correct their spelling and grammar errors to make as perfect a document as possible. I have one that notoriously spells Homan's sign incorrectly and she spells it every time as Homman's sign, but I disregard her spelling, do not take it personal, and I just do what I know is right. JMO
I would spell it correctly.
It's actually Homans'. ;P
I have a doctor like this too. He insists on spelling one word incorrectly and even had his office staff try to correct me. I am a very flexible person but there is no way I will spell something incorrectly in a document if I know better.
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