You are so right

I ask for copies of many of my reports, particular for the many MRIs of the brain I require, due to a lesion that has caused significant symptoms. I was very upset to find a serious error in one of my reports. (I highly doubt it was the radiologist dictating the word incorrectly.) In my report, the type of AVM I have was typed as a "calculus" telangiectasia on the pons of my brain stem and should have been "capillary" telangiectasia! To me, this was a significant error.

It isn't always spelling errors that are an issue; it is content that we need to really watch for as well - in other words, we need to be able to delineate that what we are typing also makes sense! :)

• How do you proofread? sm - Taco Queen
  • I proofread as I go - OP Queen
  • To be quite honest, I absolutely do not do any proofreading - bbuj
    • nothing personal but I don't want you transcribing my own health files SM - MDmt
      • RE: MDmt and proofing - Albert
    • You may be right that most doctors - OP Queen
      • reading reports - long-time MT
      • If they don't read their reports how do they know what's wrong with patient next time he sees - Megan
        • before they dictate....I presume...nm - they make notes in charts.....
      • You are so right - At Home MT
  • I do the same as you as well. - At Home MT
    • proofing - long-time MT
  • I do it the same as you...takes a little bit of time but worth it. nm - anna
  • I don't. Well I do as I go. It is from a long (25 years) habit sm - Becky
    • proofreading - long-time MT
      • I used to do that, but it was not paying off. SM - Becky
        • Just because you haven't had a report returned, doesn't mean - yea but
          • Oh, I've been doing this many long years, so I understand what SM - Becky
          • Report not returned - long-time MT
        • long-time MT - proofing
          • proofing - long-time MT

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