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She is probably continuing on with left. nm

Posted By: My take on 2005-08-25
In Reply to: extensor hallucis is ... - ortho ?

Subject: She is probably continuing on with left. nm

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Continuing education
Subject: Continuing education


ONE “LIVE” PRESENTATION ONLY: August 30; thereafter, available for private download and viewing from OC-AAMT archives. 

Continuing Education Credits: Approved by National AAMT for 1 CEC Clinical Medicine 

Name of Class: MTs and Me: How and Why I Came to Recognize the Importance of MTs in My Practice. 

Course Description: Mr. Fisher is a gentleman who loves his work. He works 50 to 70 hours a week caring for and empathizing with his patients. When asked how he has the energy to work long hours, he replies, "I receive energy from my patients." He sees his practice as enabling him to further his humanity by bringing his life to his work.

Mr. Fisher views the transcriptionist as the provider of the record that will be passed on so that patients will receive professional help. He understands the crucial link transcriptionists represent in continuity of patient care. He views the medical transcriptionists he works with as invaluable assets in his life, and in his patient care. He appreciates the transcriptionist's contribution to the historic link of record both for himself and for those who read after him.

Mr. Fisher presented for the Louisiana Association for Medical Transcription (LAMT) in 2004 in Baton Rouge, where he held his audience spellbound and set a positive tone for the entire day. LAMT wishes to recommend Mr. Fisher highly. This is one presentation not to miss. 


Presenter: Larry Fisher, RNP

Mr. Fisher is a graduate of Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Nursing School and Loyola University Family Practitioner Program. He has been a Registered Dialysis Nurse, Neurology Nurse Practitioner, and currently a Rehabilitation Nurse Practitioner.

ACQUIRE YOUR CECs ONLINE, AT HOME, IN YOUR SLIPPERS, WITH YOUR LATTE, (BEDHEAD IS OPTIONAL) WITH FRIENDS IN A CHAT ROOM

Length: One hour. It is the same class, presented three times for your convenience.
Cost: $5.00 members, $7.50 nonmembers
Open To: Students, Grads, Practitioners, Members, Nonmembers/Guests of Online Chapter. You do not have to join AAMT or OC-AAMT to attend classes.

Register Here > >
www.aamtonline.org/ce/mtme0805/mtme.htm

(Upon registration, you will be sent an email with instructions and the URL to the conference room for the meeting and the password to get in. PRINT IT, AS YOU WOULD AN AIRLINE CONFIRMATION.)

Your username is your real name in order to get credit for attending. [/b]

When:

PLEASE REMEMBER, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Tuesday afternoon, August 30, 2005
1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
2:00 p.m. Mountain Time
3:00 p.m. Central Time
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Please write
Education@aamtonline.org if you wish to be on the mailing list to receive announcements.

In the event OC-AAMT or the presenter experiences an unavoidable weather/technology glitch at time of presentation, OC-AAMT reserves the right to refund or solve in best fashion.

Many employers are paying for their MTs to take these classes. Everyone is encouraged, always, to make hard copies to take to local/regional meetings and employers and distribute with permission.


 


 


Thanks for continuing to look. If and when I find out what this is, I will let you know. NM
Subject: Thanks for continuing to look. If and when I find out what this is, I will let you know. NM

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Rescheduled Continuing Education
RESCHEDULED DUE TO  EARLIER  WEATHER ISSUES: 

NEW DATES:  August 6, 8, 9 


If you paid for this, there is no need to pay again.

 

Many employers are paying for their MTs to take these classes. Everyone is encouraged, always, to make hard copies to take to local/regional meetings and employers and distribute with permission.

Arrow Continuing Education Credits: Approved by National AAMT for 1 CEC in Professional Development

Arrow Name of Class: Bang for the Buck: Making the Right Information Work for You

Arrow Course Description: This presentation will focus on how to utilize industry articles and publications to maximize your practical skills and how to couple those resources with dynamic networking to improve productivity and efficiency. Transition from skimming through JAAMT, Plexus, and other industry publications to proactive reading and organized research that can enhance your awareness and readiness for industry change and make you a greater asset in your workplace.

Arrow Presenter: Lea M. Sims, CMT, FAAMT

Lea M. Sims, CMT, FAAMT is Director of Publications & Communications for AAMT with 20 years' experience in the industry from MT to transcription service owner, MT educator, and AAMT Director. She is the Editor-in-Chief of both the Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription and Plexus magazine.

ACQUIRE YOUR CECs ONLINE, AT HOME, IN YOUR SLIPPERS, WITH YOUR LATTE, (BEDHEAD IS OPTIONAL) WITH FRIENDS IN A CHAT ROOM

Length: One hour. It is the same class, presented three times for your convenience.
Cost: $5.00 members, $7.50 nonmembers
Open To: Students, Grads, Practitioners, Members, Nonmembers/Guests of Online Chapter. You do not have to join AAMT or OC-AAMT to attend classes.

Register here:
www.aamtonline.org/ce/bfb0705/bfb.htm

(Upon registration, you will be given the URL to the conference room for the meeting and the password to get in. PRINT IT, AS YOU WOULD AN AIRLINE CONFIRMATION.)

Your username is your real name in order to get credit for attending.


When:


PLEASE REMEMBER, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Saturday morning, August 6, 2005
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
10:00 a.m. Mountain Time
11:00 a.m. Central Time
12:00 noon Eastern Time

Monday evening, August 8, 2005
6:00 p.m. Pacific Time
7:00 p.m. Mountain Time
8:00 p.m. Central Time
9:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Tuesday afternoon, August 9, 2005
1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
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Please write
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In the event OC-AAMT or the presenter experiences an unavoidable weather/technology glitch at time of presentation, OC-AAMT reserves the right to refund or solve in the best fashion.
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Last Continuing Education for 2005
Subject: Last Continuing Education for 2005







As always, you do not have to be a member of AAMT or OC-AAMT to take continuing education classes.

 
Arrow Continuing Education Credits: Approved by National AAMT for 1 CEC in Technology and the Workplace (TW)

Arrow Name of Class: ”Who’s Afraid of Macros??”

Arrow Course Description/Presenter: Betsy Ertel has been a transcriptionist of 30+ years in the acute care environment. She has done all fields of transcription and owned and operated 4 of her own businesses. She is the CEO of We Hear You Transcription Service and the CEO of SpeedType, "The Extreme Word Expander” for the Windows operating system, Immediate Past President of the Central Florida Chapter of AAMT and President of the Advisory Council for Winter Park Tech in Orlando, Florida and on the Advisory Council for Seminole Community College in Lake Mary, Florida. Because she is a transcriptionist with previous use of many different word expander programs all the way back from the DOS environment, she understands the need, as well as the demand to have an efficient and easy-to-use word expander program for every day production. Today she is going to demonstrate to you the unique features and functions of word expander programs utilizing the SpeedType program inside the Windows environment. You will be surprised at the advantages of a macro wizard. So sit back and enjoy and have your questions ready.

ACQUIRE YOUR CECs ONLINE, AT HOME, IN YOUR SLIPPERS, WITH YOUR LATTE, (BEDHEAD IS OPTIONAL) WITH FRIENDS IN A CHAT ROOM

Length: One hour.
Cost: $5.00 members, $7.50 nonmembers
Open To: Students, Grads, Practitioners, Members, Nonmembers/Guests of Online Chapter. You do not have to join AAMT or OC-AAMT to attend classes.

Register Here > >

www.aamtonline.org/ce/macros1105/macros.htm

(Upon registration, you will be sent an email with instructions and the URL to the conference room for the meeting and the password to get in. PRINT IT, AS YOU WOULD AN AIRLINE CONFIRMATION.)


Your username is your real name in order to get credit for attending.

When:

Saturday morning, November 12, 2005
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
10:00 a.m. Mountain Time
11:00 a.m. Central Time
12:00 noon Eastern Time

Monday evening, November 14, 2005
6:00 p.m. Pacific Time
7:00 p.m. Mountain Time
8:00 p.m. Central Time
9:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Tuesday afternoon, November 15
1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
2:00 p.m. Mountain Time
3:00 p.m. Central Time
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Please write
Education@aamtonline.org if you wish to be on the mailing list to receive announcements.

In the event OC-AAMT or the presenter experiences an unavoidable weather/technology glitch at time of presentation, OC-AAMT reserves the right to refund or solve in the best fashion.

Many employers are paying for their MTs to take these classes. Everyone is encouraged, always, to make hard copies to take to local/regional meetings and employers and distribute with permission.


 



Diana


Diana Gish, CMT, FAAMT


Instructor, M-TEC  dgish@mtecinc.com  888-722-7119 /  Hours:    3:00 - 7:00 p.m.  PDT (M, T, W, F


Continuing Education- OC-AAMT
Subject: Continuing Education- OC-AAMT




ONE "LIVE" PRESENTATION ONLY: March 14,2006; thereafter, available for private download and viewing from OC-AAMT archives.

Arrow Continuing Education Credits: Approved by National AAMT for 1 CEC Clinical Medicine

Arrow Name of Class: MTs and Me: How and Why I Came to Recognize the Importance of MTs in My Practice.

Arrow Course Description:
Mr. Fisher is a gentleman who loves his work. He works 50 to 70 hours a week caring for and empathizing with his patients. When asked how he has the energy to work long hours, he replies, 'I receive energy from my patients.' He sees his practice as enabling him to further his humanity by bringing his life to his work.

Mr. Fisher views the transcriptionist as the provider of the record that will be passed on so that patients will receive professional help. He understands the crucial link transcriptionists represent in continuity of patient care. He views the medical transcriptionists he works with as invaluable assets in his life, and in his patient care. He appreciates the transcriptionist's contribution to the historic link of record both for himself and for those who read after him.

Mr. Fisher presented for the Louisiana Association for Medical Transcription (LAMT) in 2004 in Baton Rouge, where he held his audience spellbound and set a positive tone for the entire day. LAMT wishes to recommend Mr. Fisher highly. This is one presentation not to miss.


Arrow Presenter: Larry Fisher, RNP

Mr. Fisher is a graduate of Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Nursing School and Loyola University Family Practitioner Program. He has been a Registered Dialysis Nurse, Neurology Nurse Practitioner, and currently a Rehabilitation Nurse Practitioner.

ACQUIRE YOUR CECs ONLINE, AT HOME, IN YOUR SLIPPERS, WITH YOUR LATTE, (BEDHEAD IS OPTIONAL) WITH FRIENDS IN A CHAT ROOM

Length: One hour.
Cost: $5.00 members, $7.50 nonmembers
Open To: Students, Grads, Practitioners, Members, Nonmembers/Guests of Online Chapter. You do not have to join AAMT or OC-AAMT to attend classes.

Register Here > >
www.aamtonline.org/ce/mtme0306/mtme.htm

(Upon registration, you will be sent an email with instructions and the URL to the conference room for the meeting and the password to get in. PRINT IT, AS YOU WOULD AN AIRLINE CONFIRMATION.)

Your username is your real name in order to get credit for attending. [/b]

When:

PLEASE REMEMBER, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Tuesday afternoon, March 14, 2006
1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
2:00 p.m. Mountain Time
3:00 p.m. Central Time
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Please write
Education@aamtonline.org if you wish to be on the mailing list to receive announcements.

In the event OC-AAMT or the presenter experiences an unavoidable weather/technology glitch at time of presentation, OC-AAMT reserves the right to refund or solve in best fashion.

Many employers are paying for their MTs to take these classes. Everyone is encouraged, always, to make hard copies to take to local/regional meetings and employers and distribute with permission.

Rescheduling of Continuing Education program
To everyone in "Bang for the Buck" class, I am rescheduling Lea Sims.  She notified Tina that she is unable to get online due to weather problems.  She feels she might not be ready by Monday, and Tuesday is "iffy." 

 

With Emily out there, she might knock out our Texans and Louisiana participants if Lea would get back for this weekend, as scheduled; however, I will try to reschedule Lea in ASAP for this same class.  It may be August

Katrina cancels continuing education for August 30
Subject: Katrina cancels continuing education for August 30

Due to severe weather (presenter is in Baton Rouge in the path of Hurricane Katrina), the original date for this presentation (Tuesday, Aug. 30th) has been canceled and will be rescheduled. 

(The new date is tentatively rescheduled for Tuesday September 27; please write CEC@aamtonline.org for confirmation after September 15.Thank you.)



ONE “LIVE” PRESENTATION ONLY: (Tentatively Tuesday, September 27); thereafter, available for private download and viewing from OC-AAMT archives.


Arrow Continuing Education Credits: Approved by National AAMT for 1 CEC Clinical Medicine

Arrow Name of Class: MTs and Me: How I Came to Recognize the Importance of MTs in My Practice.

Arrow
Course Description: Mr. Fisher is a gentleman who loves his work. He works 50 to 70 hours a week caring for and empathizing with his patients. When asked how he has the energy to work long hours, he replies, "I receive energy from my patients." He sees his practice as enabling him to further his humanity by bringing his life to his work.

Mr. Fisher views the transcriptionist as the provider of the record that will be passed on so that patients will receive professional help. He understands the crucial link transcriptionists represent in continuity of patient care. He views the medical transcriptionists he works with as invaluable assets in his life, and in his patient care. He appreciates the transcriptionist's contribution to the historic link of record both for himself and for those who read after him.

Mr. Fisher presented for the Louisiana Association for Medical Transcription (LAMT) in 2004 in Baton Rouge, where he held his audience spellbound and set a positive tone for the entire day. LAMT wishes to recommend Mr. Fisher highly. This is one presentation not to miss.


Arrow Presenter: Larry Fisher, RNP

Mr. Fisher is a graduate of Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Nursing School and Loyola University Family Practitioner Program. He has been a Registered Dialysis Nurse, Neurology Nurse Practitioner, and currently a Rehabilitation Nurse Practitioner.

ACQUIRE YOUR CECs ONLINE, AT HOME, IN YOUR SLIPPERS, WITH YOUR LATTE, (BEDHEAD IS OPTIONAL) WITH FRIENDS IN A CHAT ROOM

Length: One hour.
Cost: $5.00 members, $7.50 nonmembers
Open To: Students, Grads, Practitioners, Members, Nonmembers/Guests of Online Chapter. You do not have to join AAMT or OC-AAMT to attend classes.

Register Here > >

www.aamtonline.org/ce/mtme0805/mtme.htm

(Upon registration, you will be sent an email with instructions and the URL to the conference room for the meeting and the password to get in. PRINT IT, AS YOU WOULD AN AIRLINE CONFIRMATION.)


Your username is your real name in order to get credit for attending. [/b]

When:

PLEASE REMEMBER, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Tuesday afternoon, September 27, 2005 (still tentative)
1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
2:00 p.m. Mountain Time
3:00 p.m. Central Time
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Please write
Education@aamtonline.org if you wish to be on the mailing list to receive announcements.

In the event OC-AAMT or the presenter experiences an unavoidable weather/technology glitch at time of presentation, OC-AAMT reserves the right to refund or solve in best fashion.

Many employers are paying for their MTs to take these classes. Everyone is encouraged, always, to make hard copies to take to local/regional meetings and employers and distribute with permission.


 

Funny thing, I had this yesterday and left 3 blanks that QA also left blank.
Subject: Funny thing, I had this yesterday and left 3 blanks that QA also left blank.

x
pain over the left hip and a biopsy of the left s/l SA pablum showed adenocarcinom
Subject: pain over the left hip and a biopsy of the left s/l SA pablum showed adenocarcinom

n
probably means left anterior descending. Instead of saying LAD, just saying left AD.
Subject: probably means left anterior descending. Instead of saying LAD, just saying left AD.

x
S/P left total knee reconstruction. On exam, has a palpable s/l clod defect on the left knee.
Subject: S/P left total knee reconstruction. On exam, has a palpable s/l clod defect on the left knee.

:-)
Left AD
Subject: Left AD

Patient had stent placed in left AD.


I've heard Left Anterior Descending (LAD) but not left AD. 


Anyone else heard it like this.  Just making sure


 


s/l *i and d* left hip. (sm)
Subject: s/l *i and d* left hip. (sm)

It is under past surgical history.
Left hip
Subject: Left hip

X-rays of the left hip including a plain film and ______ scan
left ear
Subject: left ear

AS or AU can be used for left ear, though AU is more common
just left shift key does it for me
Subject: just left shift key does it for me

I got this from the Shorthand people.  Evidently, this is a common thing.
Well DUH. Maybe I should have left the "h" off when I googled
Subject: Well DUH. Maybe I should have left the "h" off when I googled


Thank you!


Thanks, I just left a blank. nm
Subject: Thanks, I just left a blank. nm

xx
Thanks all, not sure, left a blank. nm
Subject: Thanks all, not sure, left a blank. nm

xxx
well, QA couldn't get this one either. We left it for the doc. Thanks again!
Subject: well, QA couldn't get this one either. We left it for the doc. Thanks again!

nm
ESL~~~S/L left t's were normal
Subject: ESL~~~S/L left t's were normal

Her electrolytes showed that she was hypokalemia with potassium of 3.3, and her sugar was 40. *** were normal~~~I just can't make it out.  S/L left t's were normal any suggestions?  thank you all!!


Left a blank
Subject: Left a blank

I couldn't find an Oh shuck test and he was clearly saying that. Thanks for the help!
Left a note for QA.
Subject: Left a note for QA.

x
OS means left eye
Subject: OS means left eye

OS is the abbreviation for left eye.
not saying rx for left wrist x-ray? nm
Subject: not saying rx for left wrist x-ray? nm


are you looking for list? to the left
Subject: are you looking for list? to the left

could you give the sentence here. Thanks.
left and right s/l cruse?
Subject: left and right s/l cruse?

Doing a lap band procedure and it s/l right and left cruse were identified.
Left this blank. Thanks to those who were looking, nm
Subject: Left this blank. Thanks to those who were looking, nm

ss
Thanks for trying, I just left a blank, new one on me! nm
Subject: Thanks for trying, I just left a blank, new one on me! nm

xxx
LCX? (left circumflex)
Subject: LCX? (left circumflex)


left a blank
Subject: left a blank

sounded like a definite G
left knee nm
Subject: left knee nm

x
first ray of the left foot
Subject: first ray of the left foot


Put a blank and QA left it...
Subject: Put a blank and QA left it...

x
? She had a stent placed in the left AD?
Subject: ? She had a stent placed in the left AD?

Does anyone know what the AD would stand for?
I think doc left heading out sm
Subject: I think doc left heading out sm

He dictates, "Skull does reveal evidence of hydrocephalus with enlarged cranium. Asymmetrical, moving equally with respiration. HEART: PMI could not be localized. S1 and S2, distant heart sounds. No S3 gallop. No murmur. LUNGS: Clinically clear.


What would be asymmetrical here?


 


S/L ileoSICKTectomy...left out the T before
Subject: S/L ileoSICKTectomy...left out the T before

it's an open procedure that was done instead of a laparoscopic appendectomy.
left posterolateral - nm
Subject: left posterolateral - nm


Left carotid TEA?
Subject: Left carotid TEA?

Past surgical history includes what sounds like left carotid TEA (?) and sinus surgery. Any ideas on the TEA? 
Thanks. I should have left out the RAS when I googled. (nm)
Subject: Thanks. I should have left out the RAS when I googled. (nm)

x
Yes, I see I left the T off of cleft SORRY! nm
Subject: Yes, I see I left the T off of cleft SORRY! nm

nm
skiffy of left hip

Is this a procedure the doc is abbreviating?


Thanks!


actually it is ichthammol (left out an "m") :)
Subject: actually it is ichthammol (left out an "m") :)


Left tibial "H-way"
Subject: Left tibial "H-way"

The doctor states what sounds like the left tibial "H-way" was absent- any ideas? 
Thanks for trying...I left it blank :)
Subject: Thanks for trying...I left it blank :)

xx
i think you might be right, but I left a blank, anyway. Thank you!
Subject: i think you might be right, but I left a blank, anyway. Thank you!


Unless you can have radii on the left.
Subject: Unless you can have radii on the left.

Didn't think about that one.  Guess I just showed my intelligence.  Will study further.  Just found a website called www.studystack.com that gives you flash cards, games, questions and answers, etc.  I am going to start studying.  Thanks.


Can you have radii on the left only? 


Sorry, left knee. Thanks for any help
Subject: Sorry, left knee. Thanks for any help


Thanks, I left a blank on the other one.
Subject: Thanks, I left a blank on the other one.


left brachioplexus injury
Subject: left brachioplexus injury

Left Brachial plexus injury
thanks for the input!! i left it blank. =) nm
Subject: thanks for the input!! i left it blank. =) nm

nm