numerals used for consistency..so all is the same..
Posted By: Consistency..............NM on 2006-01-07
In Reply to: It is about CLARITY in the medical record. - It's not about BOS
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If only this policy was followed with consistency, now that would be new!
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Consistency helps
It doesn't really matter what you use, but find a pattern and stick with it. For instance, anything starting with yo I know is a hypo something (yot=hypertension, yok= hypokalemia, etc.). I start all my headings with an x (so hx= history but xhx=HISTORY:) My first use of Expanders was with an old program called PRD and since that is how I learned, I still use a lot of their patterns. In the case of PRD, you could enter your root word (say rev for reveal) and go through and add what suffixes you wanted (revd=revealed, revs=reveals). I have mine set up so that typing chf spits out CHF but typing chf2 will give me congestive heart failure (for all my acronyms/abbreviations, the number 2 afterwards will spell it out). For those that don't follow a pattern, you have to create one; in the case of a generic multiple word phrase, you might use the first two letters of the first couple words or in the case of a doctor's specifics you might call it SMITHPE (for Dr. Smith's physical exam).
You will find that it gets simpler with use and as you get more comfortable with it, the entries you make will be more intuitive and will become easier to remember. As I said, figure out a pattern you want to use and try to stay fairly consistent with it, and at least most of the words you enter will be easily recalled to your fingertips. Good luck!
Consistency is the key. It is confusing to them if you are inconsistent.
nm
How long to get consistency in lines?
I have been trying to use an Expander for 2 years. My speed is between 150-200 lines per hour, 1100 to 1500 per shift, depending on the docs and type of report. None of the docs seem to say the same thing every time so I've been having a hard time. I have a slew of normals but must change them all the time.
I have hundreds of words and phrases in my expander, but I can't remember half of them or how they are abbreviated. The advisory gives me enough suggestions but I have to stop and chose one if I don't remember the number immediately.
I have the book Saving Keystrokes but part of my problem is that I'm not consistent on using abbreviations. My goal is 250-300 lph consistently. How can I achieve this without jepordizing the quality of my reports?
Don't say use macros. I have no idea how. I've been reading up on everything I can find about them, but it goes in one ear and out the other. I just can't figure them out anymore (used to a decade ago).
Any ideas or help here?
Have you talked to mgmt. about the lack of consistency?
Seems like mgmt would want to get all the QA on the same page, anyway b/c that is way too frustrating for the MTs to get conflicting requests all the time. Where I do QA we get mgmt emails all the time reiterating client requests and info to keep us all in the loop.
numerals
Our cardio docs like: III/VI
was roman numerals
It was Roman Numerals until transcription started going by The Book of Style. Then it changed to numbers.
Roman Numerals
How funny, I have transcribed for 36 years and every cardiologist I worked for used Roman Numerals. It is we, the transcriptionists, who started using numbers, when we were being critiqued by the Book of Style. Then I noticed the cardiologists a few times would state, use Roman Numerals and after a while, they went along with numbers. So, maybe you and your cardiologists are post Book of Style.
Roman numerals
Someone posted a whole document they recieved from their workplace on the correct way to use Roman numerals versus regular numbers and staging of cancers, I meant to to make a copy, but forgot, could you please repost this, Forever Thankful.
numbers versus numerals
Grade is always NUMBERS, Stage is always NUMERALS
Hope that helps some :) (good English, I know)
Roman: Stages. Numerals: Classes (nm)
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Roman Numerals versus Numbers
Back in the 70s, murmurs were Roman Numerals. Then The Book of Style came out and that is the first I was told of the change. Since then, it is written as numbers, i.e., 1/6.
It was regarding numerals. This was during my training, so I was full QA. There are 2 ladies who Q
One had made a correction from three-way catheter system to "3-way catheter system." Ironically, I got the same surgeon, saying the same thing, so typed it with the numeral. The other lady QA'd the 2nd report and she changed 3-way to "three-way" so now I'm really unclear as to what to do.
Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I will e/m the question to the QA team. That way, it's in their laps to figure out which way is correct.
Help, cant remember classes and stages roman numerals???
tia
QA question: Just started new job. Was told to type numerals for everything. Received a
correction from "three-port catheter system" to "3-port catheter system." So typed it with the numeral next time. Received it back again from another QA person and told to type it three-port. So which is correct? I have also always typed figure-of-eight, so now that would be figure-of-8 by the 1st person's standards. Looks funny to me.
Input please.......
Thanks!!
RAST test classification roman numerals or numbers? Thanks ahead of time.
nm
Medical records are data driven. Numerals are data.
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