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That's the magic phrase. It shows that they're

Posted By: interested enough to LOOK elsewhere. on 2009-03-23
In Reply to: You keep saying they tried other services? - Amanda

If they keep looking, eventually they're going to find someone else. Hmmm -- maybe her uppity attitude is something they're growing weary of.


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Stedman's phrase book vs. Medical Phrase Index? sm
I'm debating between the newest edition of the MPI versus the Stedman's phrase book. Have had experience with the MPI, but not the Stedman's one. Is Stedman's worth it?
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Help w/phrase

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makes no sense to me, any guesses?


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new phrase
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I just add an *s* on the end of the phrase..
so I leave TWWI for the wound was irrigated, and make it TWWIS for the wounds were irrigated. They both come up on the advisory as you start typing, so I don't have to remember anything. I have found IT to be the most valuable thing I have ever come across in terms of productivity, simply because of the fact that I don't have to remember much at all. My system is if for example I have several 3-word phrases that start with the same letter, I just add an additional letter to the end, whatever the next letter in the last word is. For example I have CAD as coronary artery disease and CADI as carotid artery disease, and CADR as cleaned and dressed. Also I like that I don't have to worry about what they are named, because they don't expand with the space bar, so no worries of accidentally getting paroxysmal atrial tachychardia when I ony meant Pat.


Also, maybe it's because I play the piano but I don't find it that difficult to look from the screen to the advisory. I equate it to what I do with my eyes while I'm driving!! I also don't stress about typing things out..if I have to stop and think about an entry I probably don't use it enough to need an expansion for it anyway. I like the consistency of the *naming* part of IT, always the first letter of each word for the phrase, and I have gained a lot of speed by utilizing the word side too, I enter all of those big long single medical words (nonmedical ones too) and it's great only having to type 3-4 letters of a 12-13 letter word. Plus I enter drug names in one time and then I don't have to look up their spellings ever again. Didn't mean for this to be so long but as you can tell I am a huge IT fan. This program changed my life and doubled my income in the past year!!!
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I would say the most used word or phrase
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It will save the phrase but not
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google the following phrase
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& take your pick.
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I'd very much appreciate it if someone could tell me how I can go about changing a word or phrase
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Word/phrase Autocompletion

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let me re-phrase my question: How will the MT know what is ASR and what is regular transcription?sm
How will we be able to verify that what MQ is calling/paying as ASR was actually ASR and not regular transcription?
Anyone have a med phrase index book for sale?
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Medical Phrase Index by Lorenzini...nm
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I like the phrase "Never quit quitting" as
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PMIC Medical Phrase Index by (sm)

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Medical Phrase Index is a necessity. sm
It is the easiest to use, covers many many words from many specialities, and I use mine every day.
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Single words on the phrase side
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Instant Text also includes a number of glossaries ready to be used. See link:
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a. fib. no capital letters. That is a truncated phrase, should expand. nm
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I forgot to include my hint of sarcasm phrase! nm
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Type whatever word/phrase, bold, highlight, sm--
select Autocorrect, add.
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Why do we use calculators, computers, kitchen appliances that facilitate out work?

This is called evolution!
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