I prefer Dorland's and consider it the "bible" of medical terminology. Others' mileage
Posted By: jess passenthru on 2008-01-25
In Reply to: Stedmans Medical Dictionary or MD for the Health Prof and Nursing? - Tracey
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I have Dorland's -- prefer it for no particular reason.
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I would buy new a Dorland's Medical Dictionary, Stedmans Medical and Surgical Equipment...SM
and Tessier's The Surgical Word Book, 3rd edition. Books you could buy used I would say would be Stedman's Pathology and Lab Medicine and Cardiology/Pulmonary word book. These are all the books I use the most during my day. You could buy other speciality word books as you need them and could probably go used with those.
I wouldn't bother with buying a drug book, new editions come out every year and I just stick to the FDA website and RXList as my drug references.
Also FYI, not a book, but I use my Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictationary a lot. It's easier to open the program than it is to pick up a huge 30-pound dictionary.
Dorland's Medical Dictionary nm
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I received one with my dorland Medical Dictionary
And it has been a great help. lp
QAing isn't just about medical terminology. QAs have
years of experience in the MT industry & have to know the BOS inside and out, years of experience with all different accents, etc. This is no different than when nurses assume just because they know medical terminology that they can do our jobs. There's a lot more to it than that.
What's a good source for very new medical terminology? sm
I'm wanting to avoid paying for a $95 subscription to something like The Latest Word, if possible. Is there a web site that posts new medical drugs and other terms that are so new they haven't hit the books yet?
thanks!
You could buy a medical terminology workbook or textbook. SM
Those usually have self-testing questions. Plus you could use the help of the textbook to form your own test. I know you said you wanted something free, but that sounds a little unprofessional to me and no offense, it sounds a little like laziness. You are hiring employees for your service and you want someone else to provide you with a ready made test for free because you can't be bothered with creating one on your own?
Coming here for help is one thing, but to look for a ready made test or even consider stealing a test from another service - I don't know, it just bothers me a little.
Addendum: As well as your fund of medical terminology knowledge.
gas mileage
I also make sure that I do all errands when doing deliveries and so that mileage is written off. My deduction for my mileage yearly is over $5000 and so that is $5000 I don't may taxes or SS on. And it is the same amount of miles I would be putting on my car if I had a job and worked over by where 90% of my accounts are located --by the hospital and that would not be deductible. So that is a savings -- again I make sure I do the majority of my errands while on my daily run and don't use the care much more than that per day.
Ours is right at $3, but I get FANTASTIC gas mileage.
I feel for those of with you SUV's and minivans. Filling those up has got to be expensive.
You can write off your mileage
to get into. As far as blocking your schedule, that's your fault, not the office's fault. Would you charge an online company a "sit and wait" for dictation charge because you blocked your morning? Hello? You have to be very flexible in this business. I have gone and there's only 1 tape to pick-up. I really don't care to know the doctor's daily schedule because I have enough to worry about, but high-paying jobs are hard to find. It sounds like you've made up your mind in that you don't like the driving, office, or the dictator himself, so what kind of advice are you looking for? If you just want to know whether to charge for a pick-up that brings you home empty-handed, then no do not charge. Why don't you talk to your overflow account and find out if this happens can you take work? I just don't get some of you gals... Really this allergist does not "owe you a tape" everytime you come in and I'm wondering if you are going to return reports. If you are returning reports, then your trip was not wasted. 
P/S: It could be worse; they could NOT PAY!!!!! LOL Good luck...
you will only get 55 cents for mileage SM
reimbursement so that does not help much with 3 miles round trip. I used to charge by the hour for such nonsense when I was IC. You are getting robbed otherwise. Make it clear to them in, possible in an addendum to your contract for additional copies it will cost $x per page due to travel expenses (gas, time, etc.) Your time is worth a lot and they are not taking care of their records. Good luck with this!
YMMV (your mileage may vary)
>>>Who are making more money with VR than you did with straight transcribing?
Depends upon the day.
>>>If so, how many LPH did you average when doing straight transcribing?
About 250 lph.
>>>If not, how would you rate the difference, approximately in % of income lost
When VR is "kicking booty," I can get close to 400 lph with around 99% accuracy. And that's just straight dictation. If I knew how to do macros and templates, I could probably get close to 500 lph. --- But it didn't happen overnight. I started using the product again in November 2002 when I busted my finger. When it's a matter of spending the time training the product correctly or not working at all, you find a lot of patience.
what is the rationale for going digital, your savings on mileage?
you need to sell the doc on the advantages HE will receive from digital, i.e. better quality = fewer blanks/errors, ability to STAT, perhaps even improve the TAT on his transcription?
As a for instance, 225 lines/hr at 8 cpl would be $18/hr. Your mileage may vary. nm
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15 cents a line AND charge mileage
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Not my Dorland's
My Dorland's agrees with AAMT-BOS definitions.
Link for Dorland's
Dorland's is free for now at Merck's website. I posted this link on the other board for Dorland's:
www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_a-b_00zPzhtm
Hope it helps!
I was dedicated to Dorland's...
Scratched and scraped to spend 84 bucks on this 28th Edition Illustrated Dorlan's years ago. I still love this book and find it easier to find stuff in.
When I started typing for some companies at home I had to get Stedmans. I kept getting these reports back from QA that word were misspelled like B-natruretic corrected to natriuretic. Several words I had learned for years to type a certain way and all of a sudden, because of some concensus, Stedman's was held the preferred dictionary.
So, I finally quit trying to explain that words were spelled correctly like Busulfan and Busulphan! Well I gave in and bought a Stedman's Prem Edit. Med/Pharm CD. It has paid off, but I still love Dorland's!
Ask you acct for samples to look at. And get the Dorland's
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I always defer to Dorland's, which lists
curet as the preferred spelling. Neither is incorrect. Curette is more characters and I supposed over years and years that could add up. Maybe I should switch to curette.
You took a terminology course and some
No you are not worth 75,000 a year. Look up the salary for an MT honey, it's not $75,000 a year. You can think you are glorified and all that, but please get over yourself. You can be an MTSO and make that but you still have to sub out the work... Please calm down; we know you're an MT (wanna be doctor); I've come across those types before. Even x-ray techs think they are doctors. What a joke! If it walks like a duck, it's a duck, not a peacock!
you will also need a terminology book- sm
I did oncology for a while. I did not so much need a new drug book as a terminology book. Stedman's makes a paperback oncology book that was a real lifesaver. It included the drug names, including all the chemo drugs. There were many pages of chemo drugs, and all you had to do was look up "chemotherapy" instead of trying to figure out spelling of the drug name and everything was there. Good luck.
Radiology terminology
HI Terry -
I am a former rad tech, but that was before PET scans were even invented! I picked up the terms on my own, had some help from the company I worked for as we were all learning this 'new' terminology together. Google is a great help.
If you Google "radiology terminology" you will come up with quite a few helpful sites. Find the ones you can navigate easily through the bookmark them. You can copy and paste the terms you don't know into your own document and print out for easy reference.
In addition to PET and MR, don't forget nuclear medicine, ultrasound, CT, mammography and possibly interventional radiology procedures. If you are on a good platform with an up to date medical dictionary including radiology installed, that can be invaluable.
You only have to worry about problem words once, as you will put them in your word Expander program or macro right away and you'll build speed quickly by doing so.
Good luck!
Old terminology video
Hello! I was wondering if anyone remembered an old video that was used to train medical terminology. It was in cartoon style....and it taught the breakdown of terminology.....one I remember was gastr....gastruck...stomach.
I was just wondering if anyone was trained on this.
Use onelook.com to look stuff up and then pick up Dorland's, etc. off of there. Great site! nm
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You don't need to go to school to learn terminology.
than any school could teach. No transcription school can teach you speed on a keyboard. If you have good English language usage and typing speed, start with a local physician who will allow you to type at home. Trust me. I know.
terminology test samples
I have been searching and searching and searching google, etc. to find a written terminology test to hire two inhouse transcriptionists that I will be interviewing this week. Everyone who comes in the door says they "know" transcription and they "have lots of experience" on their resume, but I find out they don't "know" transcription. I need a test that is pretty broad, that is written, and that is FREE. I can test them on digital physicians, but would really like you see how they handle a terminology test too. Been on internet for two hours now to no avail. Can someone help me? I am only interviewing for inhouse positions (2), so don't everyone flood me with requests for jobs....only inhouse.....only in Southern Indiana. Please? Thanks for your help!!!
Sorry, wrong terminology. This company
Thank you for the catch. :)
I took A&P/terminology course through my clinic 16 years ago
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Also onelook.com as the Dorland's links right off there. Book would be Tessier's Surgical Word
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I learned the terminology in nursing school;
I learned the transcription end of things on the job. I was taught well by ladies with 20+ years of experience. They taught me how to do the job correctly and I now do my job well. You don't always have to go to college or take a course to learn how to this job and do it well.
20-week med. terminology course at nite school - had a job
The rest was on-the-job training of the sink-or-swim variety.
Good psychiatrist terminology site
http://medicaltranscriptionwordhelp.googlepages.com/psychiatricterminology
It's an excellent guide
I am very real, thank you. I work quickly and efficiently. I know the terminology and when I come
across something I don't know I do my best to reference until I find it. If I absolutely cannot find it, I will send it to QA. The same goes with something I can't understand. I will listen several times and if I still can't understand it I send it on to QA for their help.
podiatry terminology - sounds like "rasmooth". Anyone know what the term is? TIA.
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I'm sorry that should den of lions or pack of wolves. Gotta get the terminology right!
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The Dorland's Cardiology Word Book is good, too. Might find books at half.com even if a few years
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Medical Transcription In The Era Of Electronic Medical Records
EMR has revolutionized the healthcare industry in recent times. Many experts felt that EMR & Voice Recognition would totally replace Medical Transcription - however; the industry soon realized that transcription has certain advantages over point & click charting and many physicians preferred to dictate notes rather than document the data at the point of care themselves.
I have only used Stedman's. What are some differences in Dorland's and Stedman's?
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I prefer IC . . .
simply because of the flexibility. I don't want to feel chained to my computer. To me, one of the reasons to work from home is the freedom it provides. I also find I have a lot to write off at tax time and have never had a problem tax-wise. I don't need the benefits and don't want the company control that comes with being an employee.
Neither...I prefer
my taxes to pay for defense of this nation, protection of its citizens through federal regulatory agencies, police, fire and emergency rescue programs, libraries, public schools, educational assistance for anyone who needs it, assistance for those who cannot help themselves, drug and medical research, paved streets, streetlights, utilities, assistance for new business startups, and few other oddities.
How would you prefer - sm
Wondering if you have any suggestions for a better way? What would make it easier for you?
ME vs MT WHAT DO YOU PREFER
and why.
I prefer only the ................NM
I prefer
by far short reports. Doing long reports, well, I just feel like I'm being held hostage, KWIM?
I much prefer sm
to work for a company and let them hustle up the work, provide the system and equipment, and get paid by the line. Maybe if I were 20 and not 60, but I find that by getting your own accounts, you lose a lot of money. I prefer transcribing fast, and being paid for just that. No setup. No delivery or pickup. No office managers to deal with. Pure profit all the way.
I prefer IT.
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I just prefer it.
There is so much wrong information out there that I like to look in my books first. I also hand write in "sounds like" in there so I can find oddly spelled things. Plus it is a business expense. ;-)
Most will prefer DSL for
security reasons I believe and specifically say "no satellite". It is one of the downsides of living in a beautiful rural area.
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