I believe that is only if the company is compliant with JCHO rules. Not all companies are.
Posted By: thumbyt on 2007-11-02
In Reply to: I was under the impression it was JCAH mandated to write ml instead of cc. NM - Ditto here
Subject: I believe that is only if the company is compliant with JCHO rules. Not all companies are.
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One company i work for says "principle"..my other company says "principal" sm
Subject: One company i work for says "principle"..my other company says "principal" sm
I just do what each company wants (personally, I like "principle")
Depends on your company specs. Okay for me to use with my company. nm
Subject: Depends on your company specs. Okay for me to use with my company. nm
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A lot of companies
Subject: A lot of companies
capitalize the entire word of the product as FIBERSOURCE but I think it's acceptable to use lower case as FiberSource.
Sted's Lab Words has it just like you have it. Some companies don't
Subject: Sted's Lab Words has it just like you have it. Some companies don't
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Many companies use software that provides an electronic signature. nm
Subject: Many companies use software that provides an electronic signature. nm
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The companies I've worked for favor writing it out, sm
Subject: The companies I've worked for favor writing it out, sm
but it depends on if your account is strict "type what they say" and abbreviations like this are okay. I'm not in my office so I can't check BOS, but I'd bet the BOS says write it out unless you have strict rules about typing what is dictated.
That's interesting 'cause the 3 companies I work for still spell out 1-10.
Subject: That's interesting 'cause the 3 companies I work for still spell out 1-10.
The doctor's really could care less what is written BOS. They are interested in quality work. It is funny how some companies and transcriptionists breath/live it. I am sure there are some doctors out there who are counting every key stroke but most just want to practice medicine. btw....still spacing twice after periods also.....so much for the BOS.....it just doesn't have a whole lot of power these days.
followup = noun % adj./follow up = verb per BOS and most companies. NM
Subject: followup = noun % adj./follow up = verb per BOS and most companies. NM
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Regarding AAMT rules
Subject: Regarding AAMT rules
I go with my client preference, and when I began working his account, the sample reports did not use BOS rules. I only use numerals to express drug dosage, measurements, dates, etc. I also agree with you on the appearance of it.
number rules?
Subject: number rules?
Two of my teachers taught different number rules. One, said that they should almost always be numeral form. The other said that numbers are usually spelled out.
I believe the Book of Style says numerals are usually appropriate, accept for zero, at the beginning of a sentence, drug admin. abrev's., etc..
Anyone? Numerals right? With acceptions? I'm just starting.
I do agree with you, but it seems none of the rules fit this..
Subject: I do agree with you, but it seems none of the rules fit this..
BOS says if you can put "and" between the adjectives then use a comma, which in this case you really can't until btwn telangiectatic and vascular. Just always second guessing myself.
Thank you!!!!
IF you are to follow BOS rules...sm
Subject: IF you are to follow BOS rules...sm
The patient has Alzheimer disease.
She has Alzheimer's.
Don't use the apostrophe S when 'disease' follows.
But, that is the BOS rule. Your client and/or company may prefer it's own rule.
Format rules in MT
Okay, I am an old gal working mostly ias in-hospital MT (VA, Teaching hospital), but I did also work off and on for MTSOs at home. Now going back a long time, I was always taught that in formatting Problem Lists or Hospital Course by problem list you transcribe it this way. Problem #1 - HYPERTENSION. The patient is taking lisinopril currently..... or if the doc did not say PROBLEM #1, then you transcribed it 1. HYPERTENSION. Blah, blah, blah. When did this change and become wrong? Most of the docs I am now transcribing for one of the major MTSOs now (left the hospital), actually ask that we capitalize the major problem. Is this in the so-called AHDI BOS2?
IMHO, using the capitalization on the problem is much easier to read, than this...
1. Hypertension. The blah, blah, blah..
2. Diabetes mellitus type 2. Uncontrolled. Not compliant.
Any QAers out there can answer this one for this old school nitpicker?
Well, CLIENT PREFERENCE rules.....sm
Subject: Well, CLIENT PREFERENCE rules.....sm
Always, always it's client preference. I was just speaking in a BOS/AAMT ruling about numbers. Client preference most definitely IS the bottom line. 
Help, I can't remember the hyphen rules.
Is there a hyphen with non-radiating and non-icteric, or all one word, or separated? Thanks. I'm an old dog and I don't want to learn new tricks.
Rules for tense in a report?
I always thought it was past tense. I have a doc who started the first 2 sentences using past tense and then suddenly switched to present test. IV sedation IS administered, Patient IS positioned. Do you change present to past or type as is? Nothing in the CP about it.
Rules here per admin is No Testing..sm
Subject: Rules here per admin is No Testing..sm
hope you have a happy happy new year and good luck in your studies/testing
thanks....lots of rules with numbers!
Subject: thanks....lots of rules with numbers!
Rules change over the years
Subject: Rules change over the years
but some rules are that way just because it sounds right. 5 centimeters were injected just sounds ignorant and I don't care who you are, as Larry the Cable Guy would say. ;-)
If your account doesn't have specific rules about it, sm
the correct way would be to write it out in full (Escherichia coli) whether or not it was dictated in full. Then, if the dictator says E. coli after that, then it is correct to transcribe it that way. If the dictator says it in full the next time, then transcribe it in full. Check your account's guidelines for their preference.
ALS is correct per AAMT rules. See cite.
I don't care whether the BOS is right or wrong on the issue. I have to use it and so do others. Here's what it says.
As per AAMT BOS 2nd edition page 189: Always capitalize genus names and their abbreviated forms when accompanied by species name. Lowercase genus names used in plural and adjectival forms and when used in the vernacular; for example, when they stand alone without a species name.
as poster above stated, I was going with BOS rules...relax! :) nm
Subject: as poster above stated, I was going with BOS rules...relax! :) nm
I think just the normal rules of English would apply
Subject: I think just the normal rules of English would apply
Whenever adding *ing* to a word that ends in t, you add an extra t.
A couple of grammar rules are at play here
Subject: A couple of grammar rules are at play here
First of all, both got and gotten are correct forms of the verb get. However, got is a past tense or past participle depending on whether or not the word "has" or "have" is used in front of it. Gotten, however, is past participle and should be used with the word "has" or "have" in front of it.
It has gotten increasingly larger - okay. It gotten increasingly larger - not okay. It got increasingly larger - okay. It has got increasingly larger - okay.
So if your doc says it anyway but "It gotten increasingly larger", he is correct. It's simply a matter of preference. Brits don't generally use the word "gotten", and therefore, a lot of people think it is not a legitimate word, but it is.
Time format rules in BOS 3rd edition?
Can anyone tell me what the specific rules are for time format in the new BOS on pages 337-339. A brief description would be great or u can scan and email it to me too, whichever is easier.
I do intend to buy my own soon but I have to wait till payday and I'm starting a new company right now that uses that book :(
TIA !
Ringer. AAMT BOS2 rules on eponyms.
Subject: Ringer. AAMT BOS2 rules on eponyms.
By AAMT rules, need help with period with drug values. (sm)
Subject: By AAMT rules, need help with period with drug values. (sm)
Is this right?
1 gm
0.1 mg
1 mg
I was taught that it was 1.0 mg but doc wants it to be just 1 mg and 1 gm.
Help. Thanks.
It is not 'erroneous', only add to the AAMT rules, which change every year!
Subject: It is not 'erroneous', only add to the AAMT rules, which change every year!
To say that the plural form decubiti for the singular of decubitus is
'erroneous' is plain BS !
And it is known that the AAMT, now it has another name, 'makes up' its own grammar rules for the MTing.
This issue has been discussed numerous times on this board and causes a lot of confusion for the MTs and arguments between MTs, QAs and the clients.
EVERY year the BOS rules are changed. We just got used to the BOS 2 and in December 08 the BOS 3 was issued, again with new rules to adhere. The price is around $ 90.--.
No, another company
Subject: No, another company
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U.S. company, probably on......n/m
Subject: U.S. company, probably on......n/m
You should ask someone in your company. nm
Subject: You should ask someone in your company. nm
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Were you asking this of a particular company? It
Subject: Were you asking this of a particular company? It
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This is just per my company...
Subject: This is just per my company...
"do not capitalize rooms or units when mentioned in its generic form. Do capitalize when associated with a facility name."
Company name (nm)
Subject: Company name (nm)
x
EBI is the name of the company.
Subject: EBI is the name of the company.
There is no expansion I know of.
My Company
Subject: My Company
has us type it as 4th (if dictated that way and no year after).
At my company it is q.4 h.
Subject: At my company it is q.4 h.
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It's their company and it's their BOS, which
Subject: It's their company and it's their BOS, which
.
If I they work for the same company. . .sm
Subject: If I they work for the same company. . .sm
I usually address it to:
Cardiology Associates
100 Main Street
Anytown, USA
and then use the salutation, Dear Doctors:
Otherwise, if the dictator dictates each name you could do each name on a line, then the address and then either put the salutation as Dear Doctors, or Dear Drs. Smith, Jones, White and Green.
Dr. Sam Smith
Dr. Joe Jones
Dr. Willy White
Dr. Gary Green
100 Main Street
Anytown, USA
Without the spaces, of course. :)
No - not unless a company is named.
Subject: No - not unless a company is named.
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That appears to be a company...
Subject: That appears to be a company...
Here's a link to the company (sl)
Subject: Here's a link to the company (sl)
if your company or client is using BOS
Subject: if your company or client is using BOS
as a guideline, per page 283 of 2nd ed, you DO use an apostrophe to form the pleural of single-digit numerals. In fact, they use that same example, "4 x 4's."
It's not a company standard
Subject: It's not a company standard
it is an AAMT standard
You need to go to the company board
Subject: You need to go to the company board
This is the word help board.
My company never told me about
Subject: My company never told me about
what to do with trademark names. Now, I had a Coda balloon, trademark name, in the report also, it was Coda, not all caps. So, I am really, really confused.
I have to send the report in because I have other blanks. I am going to leave this word all caps, and when QA checks it, I will see if they change it or not.
Thanks everyone for the help.
1 word according to the company.....
Subject: 1 word according to the company.....
that makes it.
From the company web site:
Subject: From the company web site:
The Original Thick-It Instant Food Thickener, trusted by physicians, speech pathologists and dietitians for nearly 20 years for proper care of those ...
Is this pertaining to a particular company????
Subject: Is this pertaining to a particular company????
x
On google, look under the company that
Subject: On google, look under the company that
Got it...its Elan (a company name). Thx for help :)
Subject: Got it...its Elan (a company name). Thx for help :)
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