BOS

• SPELLING OUT or not. - Whats right?
  • Ask who you work for how THEY want it done - sm - Laura E.
    • or meds, aspirin eighty-one milligrams would look very silly! - nm - Laura E.
  • As of about a couple months ago, we are to - sm
  • Personally, I like the new rule. I think it looks terrible to type - My 2 cents
  • You are not supposed to do it in medical reports any longer. - Constantly changing world
  • The BOS says otherwise, BUT why does everyone - IHMT
    • BOS - mary
    • It is about CLARITY in the medical record. - It's not about BOS
      • numerals used for consistency..so all is the same.. - Consistency..............NM
    • so true, and think about this...sm - ntk
      • spelling numbers out is expanding for more $$$..nm - Consistency..............NM
        • Since lines are not always measured the same way... - IHMT
    • Numbers - XXXXX
      • if you are doing this, then you are....sm - CONSISTENCY.....
        • Actually, what the account wants is more important than the BOS. - MT-QA
      • I'm with you . . . although the BOS insists . . . - IHMT
  • Current BOS says to use Arabic for numbers 1 through 10 (this is different from in the past). nm - Lynn
    • My English teacher would cringe at the BOS. nm - Numbing numbers
      • Who ARE these people who make this stuff up every year charge $ for it?? - Not buying
        • "they" are MTs, MTSOs, and the AMA. If you can do better for cheaper..go for it..let us know w - go ahead
          • The AMA has their own book of style... - IHMT
      • Your English teacher does not do medical reports. This is for medical reports. - nm
      • Medical writing is different. But I thought I just saw a huge SM - Becky

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