I can see the necessity of that, more. sm
Posted By: vb89 on 2007-04-27
In Reply to: It's not just MT affected - Food for thought
Hospitals I do MT work for use an Australian radiology reading group to get xrays and such read in the overnight hours when no radiologists are on staff. I can see the necessity of having offical xray readings done STAT more than I can justify the alleged need of clinic charts to be typed overnight overseas.
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Not disagreeing with everybody but QA is a necessity!
This QA poster is asking that the MTs not generalize when describing QA people and I for one hate to admit it, but she is right. I recently left a company whose QA personnel were absolutely awful - I don't even know how they got the job. It was insulting to me as an MT. However, I do have to say that over the years there have been 2-3 that I have relied heavily on from time to time. They were almost like mentors instead of angry school marms. I could e mail them at any time about anything, even if it was what seemed like a stupid question. I have recently started a new job where we have to pull in dictation from old reports, chief complaints, meds, exam, etc. and copy and paste it to our current reports. Mind you, these are MTs you have been on this account for YEARS. I could not believe some of the stuff I was seeing - "pupils reactive to light in combination," or "benign prosthetic hypertrophy." The list goes on and on. I don't care how experienced these MTs thought they were, they should have been on 100% QA. No, you may not be one that needs that, but believe me there are plenty out there who do. Imagine you were that client.
Medical Phrase Index is a necessity. sm
It is the easiest to use, covers many many words from many specialities, and I use mine every day.
As far as specialties, Stedman's makes reference books for pretty much every speciality.
Also, I use my Stedman's Medical&Surgical words a lot even though I'm not doing surgery charts; you'd be amazed how much you need to know just for a patient's past history!
I prefer the Drake&Drake Pharmaceutical Word Book, but everybody has their own preferences for drug references.
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