Discharge summaries

Posted By: FTMT on 2007-09-25
In Reply to: Work types - mtme2

Not a mental block. Just a REALLY slow work type for me too. Hate them too, but as perverse as MQ is, I get them all day long!!

Complete Discussion Below:

marks the location of current message within thread

Work types - mtme2
- Are you new to co? Sometimes company has you "work your way - up", in spite of lots of experience.
- I hear ya - currently with ProScript?
  - oops, that should be sm on name - sm
- work - mt
- Oh, good grief. - sm
  - Again, poor management is the problem - Working my way out
    - More like 90% are completely inept managers. - MSMT
    - Attitude is everything. - sm
      - My attitude is production-minded for all involved - Working my way out
        Must be a grain of truth in there somewhere to have hit a nerve. - nm
        You'd like to hit a nerve, I'd like to stick to facts - Working my way out
        There is a difference between "facts" and "observations". - sm
        I am not the original poster - Working my way out
  - Well said...sm - phillychick
  - She/he is just blowing off some steam, and I can relate! nm - Yes
  - Work types - mtme2
    - Maybe that person left the company? - sm
      - They should at least ask - mtmt
- Same here, I like operative notes, but rarely get them, by the end of the day (see inside) - Yes
- Me, too! And I did leave for this as I was lied to and - given the old bait and switch. nm Not4Me!
- Discharge summaries - FTMT
  - Work - mtme2

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu

Other related messages found in our database

Discharge Summaries

Hello, can anyone help me? I have done medical transcription for three years at an acute care clinic. The doctor I worked for bought me text books and tested me until I had sufficient knowledge in the subject, and I became his medical transcriptionist.

I am now trying to find a job doing MT work at home, and I am currently taking an online test for a company. My question is, if a specific format is not indicated, which format do I use as a default, for

discharge summaries, acute care, operative, and radiology.

any help would be appreciated.

amber

Discharge Summaries (sm)

Do any of you do all discharge summaries? If so, can you build up speed if given the appropriate time to learn the account?

Ask to start out on discharge summaries. I'm sure you can
NM

I do OP notes and discharge summaries and type about 500 lph
x

Discharge summaries are the pits. Consults and H&Ps might get better, maybe not.

absolutely love discharge summaries nm
nm

Are acute care discharge summaries (sm)
Considering job for small hospital doing DS. Rating 1-10, difficult being 10, easy to learn. What is line count compared to clinic work.

I used to have to type DSs (discharge and death summaries.)
It was tough, especially the young mothers or children.

H&P, Consults, OP reports & Discharge Summaries. nm
x

Hospital work - history and physicals, op notes, discharge summaries,
s

death summaries
I've typed several that have left me sobbing, spilling tears on my keyboard quite literally, over the line: The patient passed away peacefully with his entire family at the bedside. After I would dry my tears and wipe off my keyboard, I would wonder why that statement was deemed medically pertinent?

Discharge summary TAT?
What is the minimum and maximum TAT for discharge summaries have you had?

Breast discharge
I saw my doctor today for breast discharge, amber colored, from several ducts in the right breast. I am having a mammogram Friday. My doc did not feel any lumps. I am very nervous.

Has anyone had an experience similar to this and have some possibly reassuring words for me?

Thanking you all in advance.

how about 54 discharge meds??
That's got to be a record, at least from my end -- i was thankful when he dictated that reader was referred to chart for most of them -- wow. how can a body handle all that really??

Basic 4 = op notes, consults, H&Ps, Disch. Summaries.
Most services want at least 2 years of experience and a high score on a screening test. Consider your options carefully and read the archives regarding pros and cons of working for services. A few are great; most are not.

I have an account where former MTs dictate dishcarge summaries for docs. sm
Believe it or not, they are the WORST dictators!! For people who should know the terminology and pronunciation of medical words and meds, they sound like first-graders trying to sound out every other word. I absolutely hate doing their charts. They are both American, but they're worse than ESLs for even basic medical words.

And you'll almost never get just Op notes. Probably get mixed acute care - op notes, discharge su
s