I never use orthopaedics and it is not allowed by my work specs..so it depends on your company! nm
Posted By: other oldie MT on 2006-05-17
In Reply to: I ONLY use orthopaedics but either is.....nm - very acceptable !!! No complaints in 27 yrs...
Subject: I never use orthopaedics and it is not allowed by my work specs..so it depends on your company! nm
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It depends on your company's specs.
Subject: It depends on your company's specs.
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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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Depends on your acct specs. nm
Subject: Depends on your acct specs. nm
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guess it depends on specs..
Subject: guess it depends on specs..
We're not allowed to do that even with surgery. Plus, docs usually say, for instance, 2:30 position or at 2:30.
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 protocol
Subject: Depends on your company protocol
My company has an appeals process to put through for disagreement with QA. If you have no appeals process, would refer the report back to the QA supervisor or your direct supervisor for clarification.
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. :)
I used to work for a small company that had us..
Subject: I used to work for a small company that had us..
type everything out. Now I am supposed to follow AAMT BOS which is why I asked.
Depends where you work
Subject: Depends where you work
and if they go by AAMT or not.
Depends on who you work for....
Subject: Depends on who you work for....
some don't like you to use hyphens some don't care. I have accounts that are both ways.
I really think it depends on the work...
Subject: I really think it depends on the work...
I have worked from home and been paid both by the line and by the hour (as I am now). Unfortunately, the company was transitioning to voice recognition with us being paid half the line rate. The VR program had loads of bugs and I'd take as long, if not longer, to edit a report as it would for me to have simply typed it outright and my money went down drastically. It wasn't worth it and I quit (there was literally a mass exodus of MTs from this company when this happened).
I now happily work by the hour doing both straight transcription, as well as QA and editing.
Orthopaedics
Subject: Orthopaedics
Prosthetic hip reduction. The term s/l "joo-DAY" views - ??? Thank you for any help.
Following reduction of the hip, single AP fluoroscopy view revealed that the femoral head sat eccentrically in the acetabulum, and this could simply be consistent with poly wear given the large number of dislocations she has sustained. Therefore, _____ (s/l joo-DAY) views, both internal and external oblique views of the right hip were obtained, which confirmed indeed the femoral head was seated in the cup and not anterior or posterior to the cup.
orthopaedics
Subject: orthopaedics
I ONLY use orthopaedics but either is.....nm
Subject: I ONLY use orthopaedics but either is.....nm
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Subject: Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
http://www.wheelessonline.com
It is just the "old way" of spelling it, just like orthopaedics and orthopedics.
Subject: It is just the "old way" of spelling it, just like orthopaedics and orthopedics.
One such example is the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. To an orthopod, this is the correct of spelling it and not "orthopedics" but both are accepted as correct by the general populace. There are places that still use Paediatrics as opposed to Pediatrics, but they are still both right. Just spell it like your QA wants. Every account is different and every client has their own likes and dislikes.
Unless it's in their specs (for some reason)...
Subject: Unless it's in their specs (for some reason)...
gram-negative is with a lowercase "g"
Per Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics, it is brachial plexus.
Subject: Per Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics, it is brachial plexus.
http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/brachial_plexus
format that to your accts specs (sm)
Subject: format that to your accts specs (sm)
a.m., AM, whatever your acct likes! LOL
I would be careful there. My account specs are different. nm
Subject: I would be careful there. My account specs are different. nm
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Lachman's probably. Never heard of cotton's maneuver. Been in orthopaedics for 25 years.
Subject: Lachman's probably. Never heard of cotton's maneuver. Been in orthopaedics for 25 years.
agree, especially if client really stresses this in specs
Subject: agree, especially if client really stresses this in specs
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Dopperable pulses is acceptable (not capped) per Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics nm
Subject: Dopperable pulses is acceptable (not capped) per Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics nm
Small C? Not anywhere I've ever seen. Subscript 2, but many formats/specs don't allow for that
Subject: Small C? Not anywhere I've ever seen. Subscript 2, but many formats/specs don't allow for that. nm
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I would, but I'm a rebel. Check acct. specs re verbatim. n/m
Subject: I would, but I'm a rebel. Check acct. specs re verbatim. n/m
I didn't think they allowed it on
Subject: I didn't think they allowed it on
nm
How many times allowed help?
Subject: How many times allowed help?
She has a combination of s/l kramedonol acne and acne rosacea.
Thanks- I will make this one my last for tonight! - Thanks
Is q.a.c. allowed in any form?
Subject: Is q.a.c. allowed in any form?
thx
nope - not allowed....
Subject: nope - not allowed....
True, it is in all what you are allowed or not
Subject: True, it is in all what you are allowed or not
allowed to do. However, at one of the first hospitals I worked for (back in the early 80s) for example, we had a doctor who was constantly using abbreviations which we were not allowed to do in diagnosis. I will NEVER forget this. His diagnosis was "P.M.S.O.B." The transcriptionist, of course, changed this in the diagnosis to read "Shortness of breath at night." He flew off the handle - this abbreviation meant "poor, miserable, son of a B****" and that is what he wanted in the chart. It was referred to the Hospital Director who told our department manager that even though this was definitely not correct, he dictated it and wanted it there and there was not much we could do about it if we wanted to keep our jobs. This is a lesson that taught me never to second guess a physician. Granted this was not at all politically correct (we didn't have that term back then), but that is what he wanted, so I don't change anything in that vein - I may question it and flag it for the higher ups, but I don't change it.
so only Americans are allowed to post on here? nm
Subject: so only Americans are allowed to post on here? nm
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Headings are allowed to be added.
Subject: Headings are allowed to be added.
It would look weird without a heading. Thanks.
I am allowed to edit and correct
Subject: I am allowed to edit and correct
I am allowed to make changes to what he says, which is why I asked the question. I am allowed to edit and change what the doctor says and how he says it - and I do a lot of that in the course of the day because some of the things he says are just a mess. "Retarded" did seem a little derogatory to me and I think I will put it in better terms than that.
I guess it comes down to what the rules are that you work by - whether you can edit or if you are verbatim. If it was verbatim I wouldn't have questioned it (even thought I personally feel it is insulting) but since I have the option to change it, I was just wondering what the correct term was now because I know it keeps changing. Thanks for all the opinions!
Test questions are not allowed here.
Subject: Test questions are not allowed here.
If I remember correctly, test questions are not allowed on this board. You must pass the test on your own merits.
If not verbatim account and you are allowed
Subject: If not verbatim account and you are allowed
to add headings, I would put it under either MUSCULOSKELETAL or NEUROLOGIC.
I am allowed to restate as 4 10/12-year-old child
Subject: I am allowed to restate as 4 10/12-year-old child
but my account is like that. Ask your QA person what the account wants JMO
Whoa! Not allowed to ask innocent questions here?
Subject: Whoa! Not allowed to ask innocent questions here?
Veddy interesting.
Name calling is not allowed on MT Stars. Where's our moderator now? Where RU??? Yoo-hoo! (N
Subject: Name calling is not allowed on MT Stars. Where's our moderator now? Where RU??? Yoo-hoo! (NM)
LOL.
Thanks...that option is not allowed as my account is verbatim...
Subject: Thanks...that option is not allowed as my account is verbatim...
I put the word in as dictated with quotes around it and then sent it off to QA. I noticed later that they just deleted it and put a blank and sent it through without the word. Yet one more reason why I hate being on verbatim accounts!
I would expand it to saturating or saturations if allowed. nm
Subject: I would expand it to saturating or saturations if allowed. nm
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Why aren't students allowed to ask questions?
Subject: Why aren't students allowed to ask questions?
From what I understand anyone can ask a question, including doctors, nurses, techs, etc. I don't understand why you are telling the OP she cannot ask a question here? 
I would type Sr. so-and-so if you're allowed pt names. nm
Subject: I would type Sr. so-and-so if you're allowed pt names. nm
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No test question posts allowed here....
Subject: No test question posts allowed here....
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If allowed, I would reword this...possibly, has not redeveloped a bleed.
Subject: If allowed, I would reword this...possibly, has not redeveloped a bleed.
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Agree with Skipper, though, if allowed, restructuring the sentence would be better. nm
Subject: Agree with Skipper, though, if allowed, restructuring the sentence would be better. nm
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Are test questions allowed on the Word Board?
Subject: Are test questions allowed on the Word Board?
Just wondering, for future reference. :)
Our hospital/clinics NEVER allowed us to capitalize any generic drug...nm
Subject: Our hospital/clinics NEVER allowed us to capitalize any generic drug...nm
If you are allowed to type superscripts (I cannot use that kind of symbols on my accounts) then you
Subject: If you are allowed to type superscripts (I cannot use that kind of symbols on my accounts) then you can put it also as 10 (superscript 5)
Could it just be 'assure', meaning the family wasn't allowed to watch to be sure it emptied
Subject: Could it just be 'assure', meaning the family wasn't allowed to watch to be sure it emptied? nm
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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
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