I'd send you my hardcopy books, but here's an online reference.

• She is single but has a significant other named “Mark.” - period inside or outside parenthesis? Quick answe
  • You mean quotation marks? I wouldn't use them at all in this case. nm - 2 cents
  • Inside - QA
  • They are teaching you to always put the period inside quotes now. I just took a college English - class and was surprised to learn this.
  • well, according to the AAMT BOS...sm - hey
    • Old school does show outside, but most prefer inside now - I hate punctuation :)
  • period goes inside the quotation marks. NOT OUTSIDE - x
  • See msg - Punctuation
    • Outside. - ditto this
      • Ditto - Agree - outside
        • WRONG answer. - You just lost $1,000,000. LOL
          • Sorry, but my account goes by proper English grammar rules - degree in English
            • I'd love to see a refernce for that...SM - Endiqua
              • I'd send you my hardcopy books, but here's an online reference. - sure!
                • Thanks for the reference SM - Endiqua

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I use my pharmaceutical word book most often, then Stedman GI/GU & Stedman Equipment.  I have a used 2004 Pharmaceutical word book (Drake & Drake) if you would like it.

I am going to buy some reference books to have.  Can you all help me in getting the ones I need.  I will doing a variety of reports...cardiology, radiology, emergency departments ect....

I appreciate it!!!!  :)

I just wonder because I am so sick of correcting reports where the MT has obviously just guessed at what is being dictated or what she heard rather than taking a minute to crack open a freaking book or at the very least Google it.

QA is a resource not a freaking safety net for MTs who can't or won't do the job they were hired for.  Part of the job description for medical transcription is to be both productive AND accurate!  Nowhere does it say, if you don't know, just guess or if you don't know, just leave a blank -- don't look it up or use the internet -- just leave a blank. 

While I'm at it, let me just say to all the MTs out there who have being "doing this for years" and don't think they could ever possibly make a mistake -- YOU ARE WRONG!  To the MTs who use "that's how we were told to do it at my last job" as your battle cry -- THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A STANDARDIZED REFERENCE BOOK CALLED THE AAMT BOS!

I don't care how you did it at your last job.  I don't care if that is what you thought you heard.  I don't care if your spell check didn't catch it.  And I don't care how long you've been an MT.  You should have known how to spell it, you should own a reference book, you should own a copy of the BOS, and years of experience in no way replaces a good solid education!  Finally, you should take the time to educate yourself, look things up you aren't sure of, and just plain care about the content of your work -- not just how much of it you can get done.

 << Getting off my soapbox now.

Medical Abbreviations, Neil M. Davis (you can use the online resource, but I just find it quicker to flip through this little book instead).

Stedman's Equipment Words

AAMT Book of Style

Advice:  Don't go overboard and spend too much money on books.

After looking for online references of BOS, I stumbled upon the AHDI web site where the ebook can be downloaded for $30 compared to $70 for the hardcopy. 

As per my original post, I am testing so of course the ebook is really my only option right now.  However, I was hoping to get some opinions from any MTs that have downloaded it.  Anyone know how it compares to the book?  It has to be easier to read.  I have seen the book and it's a nightmare.  I'd appreciate some insight before I take the plunge possibly tossing $30 away.  TIA!

have Stedman's Medical Dictationary on CD and I do use it quite a bit, but that's more because the actual print dictionary is so darn heavy to pick up and look a word up!

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I do both basic 4 and radiology for a small hospital and get paid by the minute of dictation for all. Radiology is a third to half of the dictation I do a day.  I am thinking about going to just radiology.  Many of you have stated a per page or per report rate, but what is the average per line rate for radiology.  Is it different from the basic four dictation rate? 

There are only two radiologists at this hospital, both fairly easy to do except one is slow and one is fast, so fast, if I got paid per report, I would make four times what I make now per minute of dictation.  The slow one is going to retire soon and I will be stuck with the fast one and a new doctor which I probably will not have a problem with unless he is fast too and I would be making less money. 

Hi all,

If you would like some web pages to add to your "favorites," feel free to visit my website at:

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Paula

I always use Drugs@FDA.  I have it in my favorites:  http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/

You can look up drug names by using as few as three letters.  I find it's quick and efficient, and it's free, and because it's the FDA it's the latest info on drugs.

http://www.healthcarehiring.com/cgi-bin/providers.cgi?state=TX

The link is for the State of Texas, but you can change to any state at the bottom.  This includes all docs and NPs, including chiropractors.  Hope this helps!  Have a great day....