After I sent that,

I wanted to get it back and change it to Indiastanippines, but it was too late.

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• long time MTs opinion on BOS sm - MT 30+ years and running
  • BOS - Donna Houg
  • I use it BUT sm - QAing MT
    • Actually, there is another style guide for MTs (sm) - ChuckM
    • wonder how they can change rules of English... - Curious
  • I'm sure most of you get instructions like this - Mythbuster
    • Indiastan!!! Ha-ha-ha.... GOOD ONE. :) nm - FUNNY
      • After I sent that, - Mythbustger
  • I think BOS is just a way to fleece MTs, IMO. nm - jazzMT
  • Book of BS. - MT9
  • our hospital expressly prohibits use of the BOS. - Lorie R.
    • That is how it should be! I wish sm - MT 30+ years and running
  • is there anyone out there to defend the BOS? - Happy MT Robin
    • There's nothing wrong with the BOS, it's just that so many accounts are verbatim and - MSMT
      • No need for standardization. - e-MT
    • You are the classic example of the lost productivity due to BOS. nm - TechSupport
      • But it's not the BOS itself that causes productivity loss, it's the improper (sm) - ah, but
        • You're quite correct in one sense. (sm) - TechSupport
          • Exactly! - Mythbuster
          • What I am finidng is that with the sm - MT 30+ years and running
  • BOS is just one more AHDI/AAMT rip-off. -sm - Topaz
  • basically I agree - sm, 30+ yrs MTing
  • I have never seen a BOS... - Octo-MT
  • 34 years here - Book of S*** - Old part-timer
  • Agree. I've never had a BOS.. never will..nm - bosless
  • Agree 100% - sm - sammypot
  • How do you teach someone s/m - ncmt
  • BOS garbage - radgirl
  • I am sure there will be more sm - MT 30+ years and running
  • Doctors don't care what's in BOS - the client writes the check!
  • It's cost the industry considerable productivity as....(sm) - TechSupport
    • Bravo! 1 cm no 1-cm. Follow-up no follow up. 1 mg no 1mg. 1 space after period, no 2. S - 20 yrs in this business and QA makes me cringe.
    • My employer provided mine because I do QA as well.. - MtMommyof2
  • I can't help but go "hmmmmm" - NocturnalMT
    • Don't know about you guys, - Mythbuster
    • Response to I can't help - TravelinMT
      • But - a space IS a keystroke, unless you only get - paid by VBC. - Topaz - NM
      • I'm no apologist for the BOS, but the one-space thing has other origins. sm - ChuckM
        • There is no such thing as a "standard business practice". - TechSupport
          • Fine -- "usual," "customary," "common," -- whatever. sm - ChuckM
        • I stick with 2 spaces between sentences - it - makes it easier for the doc to read, (sm)
      • I simply won't do it. - Jessme
        • Me too. It's always been the standard for a - sm
        • Should have also said the BOS - Jessme
          • As I suspected! Like myself sm - MT 30+ years and running
            • AAMT/AHDI is an organization that should be - investigated for misrepresentation. (nm) Topaz
              • Yes it should be! nm - MT 30+ years and running

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