Did you notice you spelled grammar - grammer? LOL sm
Posted By: Me too on 2005-10-13
In Reply to: Need advice -long message - Patti
Seriously though, it is your account and you have every right to demand better quality, and if she cannot provide that for you, then maybe you need to reconsider her as an IC. You absolutely have to be very careful when hiring those who just cannot take criticism the right way. Those are the worst because they are prideful MTs and they will never get it right because they don't think they have an issue! Trust me, I LIVE with one of those.
Get some back bone and start demanding better work or tell her you will replace her. See if she doesn't slow down then! Good luck. Put the whip on her - that should do the trick.
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That's grammar, not grammer..nm
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isn't that grammar, not grammer?
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I see I spelled *grammar* wrong in my post above. *sigh*
Let me say it before anyone else! LOL
bad grammer
The one that absolutely makes me nuts, and I hear it all the time from all types of professional persons, is when a person is a "that". "The grieving widow had a son that stayed overnight with the next door neighbor". I mean, when did a person get to be a "that" instead of a "who". Here's the other one: "He went missing". I mean, is that proper? I had never heard it in my life, and now all of a sudden it seems I hear it all the time. Where did he go? He went to MissingTown?
Grammer???
Uhhhh...that would be GRAMMAR!
sorry about the grammer, was upset when I posted it.
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Medical grammer website
Does anyone know of a grammer website for medical words and uses.
Thanks
I wasn't correcting grammer - I never heard of this before. nm
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Editors correct spelling, grammer and sentence
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Well, that's because it is spelled out in
??? What's your point?
How's that spelled?????
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He also spelled ...
... simvastatin and folic acid.
Why because this is spelled wrong.
Everybody else points everything out, why can't I?????? You are multiple personality disorder considering you can never stick with one name.
Wanna play?
Can be spelled either way. Has been for years. nm
I know we have all had things spelled for us that seemed a ---
bit silly, but I just had a doctor spell not once, but twice during the report guns - g-u-n-s. 
Do you not transcribe as spelled?
I thought that was the definition of verbatim account. What is a verbatim account definition, pls?
I spelled it right in my head. Besides, this is
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Should be spelled and embarrassed. Where are you QAing?
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You spelled "grammatically" wrong
no further message needed
Grrr! I just had a doc who spelled the abbreviations!
COPD, that's captial C, capital O, capital P, captial D. LAD, capital L, capital A, capital D.
Plus...
Patient has been in drug recovery - that's R-E-C-O-V-E-R-Y
Really? I did not know that. Thanks so much.
And yes, I know I spelled cystoscopy wrong.........
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Gettin' over. No matter how it's spelled.
Sorry I spelled your name incorrectly Blondee..
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It's spelled "prepuce," not prepuse.
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yes I know I spelled criticism wrong...
don't shoot me!!!
kind of like SOME women, in either case it's spelled S-h-a-l-l-o-w
nm
Perhaps you could make more if you spelled POLL correctly. LOL
Thought it was funny.
WOOPEE!!!!! YAHOO!!!!!! The doc SPELLED the patient's name!!!!!!!...
Yippee!!!!!!! I am jumping around like a little kid!! Did someone finally get the message through?? I CAN NOT SEARCH THIS ACCOUNT FOR PATIENT NAMES!!! (or is it just a fluke?)
Had to share. TeeHee
After readign my OP again, I spelled the words incorrectly -sm
in rush to send post. I mainly use Stedman's Radiology Words and lunotriquetral interosseous ligament is listed--w/o hyphen since I do radiology but just looked in the Ortho book and it is also listed there.
Thanks for taking time to list your references
difference in abbr and word spelled out
Hi Debra,
I think the difference here is impacted by 2 things:
1. If you are spelling the word out fully, then it looks dumb to join them:
10milligrams
But if you are writing it in ShortHand as we generally do in medical documents, I think it is abundantly clear to write:
10mg
2. Also we're talking about medical/scientific measure. When I had my transcription business the editorial policy concerning such was this:
If you are transcribing a medical/scientific measurement you join the value and the unit of measure:
2g
If you are transcribing OTHER than medical measurement, you write it out:
She has two houses locally. Of her three children, two are grown.
And Never:
She has 2 houses locally. Of her 3 children, 2 are grown.
No. Measurements are in numerals, all others are written out. That was OUR editorial policy. Others have different policies, and whatever policy is established is how it needs to be done.
vJoe
uh, I don't type a medication that is spelled wrong
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Yes. I find it spelled both ways on Google.
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Okay so I spelled incompetent wrong. Sue me! Not working now! nm
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Okay so I spelled incompetent wrong. Sue me! Not working now! nm
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No, sorry, I had to type all numbers from 1-100 in digits, not spelled out..nm
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I received a note from QA that I'd spelled the patient's name wrong
THROUGHOUT the report. Since I don't keep a copy of the chart on my computer anymore, I can't go back and look at it to see what I did. I vaguely remember though, 2 days later, that I had a patient that was not on the patient list so I spelled phonetically, marked it for QA that this was throughouit the report and sent it on its way. I questioned the person telling me about the mistake as to whether it was spelled right in the demographics and a couple more questions trying to clear my confusion about what could have happened. This is certainly not something that is my norm, for sure. She replied once, but after asking another question and telling her that I'm really not trying to give her a hard time over this, she has not responded again. Is it possible that someone QA'd my report, fixed the patient's name in the demographics but didn't look at the report body. Perhaps I should have flagged every place that it is mentioned as well? "The patient" certainly would have been a sure thing here but not allowed.
So now that I've ranted a little more over this I'll let it go (hopefully) but I just can't believe I'd have done this. I even use "uj" in my Expander and change it to the patient's name with every report, just so I don't make a mistake remembering how to spell some of the names. I guess that's the biggest reason why I'm having a hard time with this one, because I do the same think on EVERY report, uj=whatever the patient's name is as per the demographics on the patient. AAARRRGGGHHHH. It sure does bug me.
   
people speak and you see the words spelled out in your mind...
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at least they spelled 'remuneration' correctly. Wow, free food! nm
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some doctors dont think that is trivial. They expect doctor's name to be spelled right
When you are working for someone across the world, it is hard to find the name of that particular doctor.
She is right to put a blank for this.
I had an account that demanded the physician's name to be spelled correctly. They think of it as an insult.
Boy do I know what you mean about grammar.....sm
Some of the stuff I saw from subcontractors during testing made my jaw drop to the level of my fanny in utter disbelief! We are talking about the use of grammar equivalent to what a sixth grader knows. It is unbelievable - that and things they don't even take the time to research.
My personal favorites?
"skin graph"
"dorsalis peterson pulses"
To Grammar Cop - K-I-A
Be careful all you posters out there. The GrammarCop is on the bench and you will all perish if you do not use proper grammar on this board. She (he, it) expects perfection. I know there is a saying that fits her, but it escapes me right now but it only contains a few letters. Should be easy for her (him, it) to figure it out. Ta, ta
and grammar (nm)
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grammar
It seems I heard one newscaster say "went missing" a few years ago, and it caught my interest. All of a sudden I am hearing it every day! Did this rule get changed when we weren't looking?
bad grammar
I had one who used to say "we might could" as in "we might could try her on Lortab". Hahaha
grammar
I just got a correction back from the company I work for telling me the following sentence is incorrect: "He stated he would contact me should he wish to pursue more aggressive treatment, specifically, steroid injection or surgical treatment." They are telling me it should be "more aggressively treatment." Would someone please help me out here? Thanks!!
grammar
Has anyone used Grammar Slammer?
Grammar?
How about accuracy and grammar? Medicatios, etc. Sometimes the dictator will not even dictate if the report remains the same from last visit - What happens in this case??
Thanks
Bad grammar
I'm pretty lenient. If it is something the client wouldn't notice (or even know about) themselves, I normally let it go.
Things like commas separating independent clauses, which most people don't have any concept of, I let go.
But, things like this:
X-rays of the right knee 2 views demonstrate a meniscal tear complex with chondral changes.
He has degenerative arthritis left knee with increasing inability to cope.
Almost every Transcriptionist I have QA'd drops the commas from those kinds of sentences. Are they teaching this in some school? It's driving me batty!
Grammar
What about "I seen the patient last week." "There is lots of problems." etc., etc., etc. Not as bad as a 2-month-old baby with teeth in good repair, and a 3-year-old who does not smoke or drink. lol We need to be mindful to catch our own mistakes and theirs.
Grammar
It depends on the company and/or the client. If your company is 'picky' about commas, I'd suggest investing in the newest Book of Style and following those 'rules'.
grammar
The use of commas depends on whether the clause is restrictive or nonrestrictive. If it is nonrestrictive - that is, it may be informative but not necessary to the meaning of the sentence, then it is set off by commas. On the other hand, if the clause is restrictive - that is, its use is imperative to the meaning of the sentence, then no commas are used.
Example: That is the dog which ran off with my sandwich. Restrictive because "which ran off with my sandwich" is necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
On the other hand: That dog, which is wearing a yellow collar, ran off with my sandwich. "Which is wearing a yellow collar" is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence; thus it is nonrestrictive and requires commas.
This subject can confuse a lot of people, because all they remember is setting the clauses off by commas and forget the restrictive and nonrestrictive rules.
English is a growing, changing language, and sometimes what were rules 50 years ago are no longer the rules for today. We may argue against that - that grammar is grammar and should remain - but if that were the case we would all still be writing like Shakespeare or the early constitutionalists. Look at their writings and decide if you would like to still have to write like that.
Fewer commas is the trend for today, and I guess we will have to embrace the fact that time doesn't stand still for any of us, nor does the English language.
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