if you are doing this, then you are....sm

not following the professional rules of MT'g....and your reports will not be consistent to ALL MTs reports.  You wanting to expand numbers is merely for you to make more lineage.  The MDs want the numerals.  We do NOT make the rules.  If you CHOOSE to not follow the rules, that's your choice.

Some of us want our reports to look the best, the most professional, so we follow the rules of our nationals and they go by the AAMT BOS.

By the way, in 1985 the AAMT BOS was 85 pages long, now the 2nd edition is over 600 pages long.  Things change.  Wake up.  Smell the entire pot of coffee in front of you, instead of just your own cup. 

• 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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