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yes I know I spelled criticism wrong...

Posted By: MtMommyof2 on 2008-09-25
In Reply to: I agree 100% with what you are saying... - MtMommyof2

don't shoot me!!!


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Why because this is spelled wrong.
Everybody else points everything out, why can't I?????? You are multiple personality disorder considering you can never stick with one name.

Wanna play?
You spelled "grammatically" wrong
no further message needed
And yes, I know I spelled cystoscopy wrong.........
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uh, I don't type a medication that is spelled wrong
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Okay so I spelled incompetent wrong. Sue me! Not working now! nm
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Okay so I spelled incompetent wrong. Sue me! Not working now! nm
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I received a note from QA that I'd spelled the patient's name wrong

THROUGHOUT the report.  Since I don't keep a copy of the chart on my computer anymore, I can't go back and look at it to see what I did.  I vaguely remember though, 2 days later, that I had a patient that was not on the patient list so I spelled phonetically, marked it for QA that this was throughouit the report and sent it on its way.  I questioned the person telling me about the mistake as to whether it was spelled right in the demographics and a couple more questions trying to clear my confusion about what could have happened.  This is certainly not something that is my norm, for sure.  She replied once, but after asking another question and telling her that I'm really not trying to give her a hard time over this, she has not responded again.  Is it possible that someone QA'd my report, fixed the patient's name in the demographics but didn't look at the report body.  Perhaps I should have flagged every place that it is mentioned as well?  "The patient" certainly would have been a sure thing here but not allowed. 


So now that I've ranted a little more over this I'll let it go (hopefully) but I just can't believe I'd have done this.  I even use "uj" in my Expander and change it to the patient's name with every report, just so I don't make a mistake remembering how to spell some of the names.  I guess that's the biggest reason why I'm having a hard time with this one, because I do the same think on EVERY report, uj=whatever the patient's name is as per the demographics on the patient.  AAARRRGGGHHHH.  It sure does bug me.



I see I spelled *grammar* wrong in my post above. *sigh*
Let me say it before anyone else! LOL
Look inside if you want criticism. If you can't take it, don't. -sm
The one-space after periods I was only made to do at MedWare. It's very unnatural.

I never typed post-operative in my life, it's always been postoperative.

Contractions were never, ever allowed unless as a direct quote. -- Can't should be cannot. It's one word.

As for the rest, I've been doing it that way, except q.4h. (I don't put a space like you have) for years.
Take constructive criticism and LEARN...
I worked for this company and the only reason I quit was I needed a job where i worked 4 hours and that was it.  I absolutely LOVED my job with them.  They were encouraging yet at the same time made me aware of what I needed to correct, as quality is of utmost importance in medical dictation.  I made notes and reviewed the corrections sent back to me in order to undo my errors.  The Editor (Rose) taught me so much by giving me these corrections cause it has helped me become a better MT.  It is so important in this field to be accurate and have good grammar and spelling skills.  Maybe this field isnt for you, but definitely even look into getting perhaps a used grammar/english textbook or the AMMT Book of Style to review, as that might be less expensive than going back to school.  I have talked to other MTs who have been in this field for 35 years and said they STILL learn something new every single day.  Keep an open mind on this job and learn all you can.  In the long run you will be a better MT for it.
Why the continued criticism? Are you the owner?
Without the comma, the sentence was fragmented and was not complete. I don't know about the other sentence as I must have gotten that one right.  I see a lot as an Editor as well.  Like I said, I've been doing this for well over 20 years and I don't need to "brush up" as you say. 
wrong, wrong, wrong. work is being outsourced because of $. period. not because of unqualified MTs
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Well, that's because it is spelled out in
??? What's your point?
How's that spelled?????
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He also spelled ...

... simvastatin and folic acid.


Can be spelled either way. Has been for years. nm

I know we have all had things spelled for us that seemed a ---
bit silly, but I just had a doctor spell not once, but twice during the report guns - g-u-n-s. 
Do you not transcribe as spelled?

I thought that was the definition of verbatim account. What is a verbatim account definition, pls?


I spelled it right in my head. Besides, this is
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Should be spelled and embarrassed. Where are you QAing?
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Grrr! I just had a doc who spelled the abbreviations!

COPD, that's captial C, capital O, capital P, captial D.  LAD, capital L, capital A, capital D. 


Plus...


Patient has been in drug recovery - that's R-E-C-O-V-E-R-Y


Really?  I did not know that.  Thanks so much. 


 


 


Gettin' over. No matter how it's spelled.

Sorry I spelled your name incorrectly Blondee..

*


It's spelled "prepuce," not prepuse.
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kind of like SOME women, in either case it's spelled S-h-a-l-l-o-w
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Perhaps you could make more if you spelled POLL correctly. LOL
Thought it was funny.
Did you notice you spelled grammar - grammer? LOL sm
Seriously though, it is your account and you have every right to demand better quality, and if she cannot provide that for you, then maybe you need to reconsider her as an IC. You absolutely have to be very careful when hiring those who just cannot take criticism the right way. Those are the worst because they are prideful MTs and they will never get it right because they don't think they have an issue! Trust me, I LIVE with one of those.

Get some back bone and start demanding better work or tell her you will replace her. See if she doesn't slow down then! Good luck. Put the whip on her - that should do the trick.
WOOPEE!!!!! YAHOO!!!!!! The doc SPELLED the patient's name!!!!!!!...

Yippee!!!!!!! I am jumping around like a little kid!!  Did someone finally get the message through?? I CAN NOT SEARCH THIS ACCOUNT FOR PATIENT NAMES!!! (or is it just a fluke?) 


Had to share.  TeeHee


After readign my OP again, I spelled the words incorrectly -sm
in rush to send post. I mainly use Stedman's Radiology Words and lunotriquetral interosseous ligament is listed--w/o hyphen since I do radiology but just looked in the Ortho book and it is also listed there.

Thanks for taking time to list your references
difference in abbr and word spelled out
Hi Debra,

I think the difference here is impacted by 2 things:

1. If you are spelling the word out fully, then it looks dumb to join them:
10milligrams
But if you are writing it in ShortHand as we generally do in medical documents, I think it is abundantly clear to write:
10mg

2. Also we're talking about medical/scientific measure. When I had my transcription business the editorial policy concerning such was this:
If you are transcribing a medical/scientific measurement you join the value and the unit of measure:
2g
If you are transcribing OTHER than medical measurement, you write it out:
She has two houses locally. Of her three children, two are grown.
And Never:
She has 2 houses locally. Of her 3 children, 2 are grown.
No. Measurements are in numerals, all others are written out. That was OUR editorial policy. Others have different policies, and whatever policy is established is how it needs to be done.

vJoe
Yes. I find it spelled both ways on Google.
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No, sorry, I had to type all numbers from 1-100 in digits, not spelled out..nm
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I typed a report on the wrong patient as the doc keyed in the wrong info, SM
He later said the correct patient's name and I SWEAR to this day I made the changes but somehow the report when through without the correct patient and changes made. I still remember that incident.
people speak and you see the words spelled out in your mind...
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at least they spelled 'remuneration' correctly. Wow, free food! nm
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some doctors dont think that is trivial. They expect doctor's name to be spelled right
When you are working for someone across the world, it is hard to find the name of that particular doctor.

She is right to put a blank for this.

I had an account that demanded the physician's name to be spelled correctly. They think of it as an insult.
Fantasia wrong??? Haven't seen the OP's CD, couldn't have been too wrong.
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It's about morality - not censorship! Right is right and wrong is wrong!
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As far as it being wrong, well who defines right and wrong? On the
other hand, what if he were doing the same thing? How would you feel? I think that should answer your question.
You SUPPOSE it was wrong! It was way wrong.
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it's spelled right. Exo means outside and you know what phrenic means. nm
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you are wrong
it is harder to prosecute someone in a murder trial w/o a body, but not impossible.  It is a case that would be based on circumstantial evidence.  Perfectly legal and done before.
YOU TOOK THAT UP WRONG
I have lectured her. She knows we are against it. My husband and I do not drink at all. What I was saying is she can sit here and tell me she is not drinking which she has said she does not but I know better. I know every kid drinks at collegea and no I don't like it. I know her room mate drinks and my daughter has told me. There is nothing I can do about it if she is at college 100 miles away. She clains she does not drink. She has been told she has to pay the consequences if something happens. I tell her not to drink but if she does it won't be my fault because she should know better. I can lecture her at home by not allowing it in my home. I know a few of her home friends drink and I have told her if the parents ask me if it is so I will not lie. Obviously you don't have teenagers. Also Natalie's parents could have lectured her to about drinking but obviously she did it anyway.
WRONG AGAIN
to 'study and show thyself approved...rightly dividing the word of Truth'.


Well, I don't think you are doing anything wrong ...
I've been with these companies 3-1/2 and 2-1/2 years.

Do you know which accounts at your company are large or have a lot of overtime? I would ask to be put onto a super large hospital account as a primary. Being a large hospital account and/or overtime requirements will tell you how much work is usually there.

I have been very fortunate on my accounts but I asked for large hospital accounts up front for that very reason....????
Ur wrong...
Been an MT for 10 years and with MQ for 8...so much for assuming...
please, if you think something is wrong...sm
do whatever you can to get the person help. My nephew was bipolar/scitzophrenic (s/p?) and we didn't know until it was too late.  Please try to help this person...it's hard to live with the consequences if you don't. Good luck and I will be praying for you and your friend.
Wrong!
I will take it to heart if it is from the administrator.  The post was addressed to her.
what's wrong with me
I'm wondering what's wrong with me too.  I just did 50 exams and realized I put the date of service 8-15-04 on all of them.  Fessed up when I realized.  I try to work when I don't feel well and this is what happens.  Darn.
No, you are wrong
They have known about this being a potential disaster since Betsy in 1963, but since it was such a monumental task, and people in, for example, Washington State or Idaho, (just an example folks) would not have wanted their tax dollars being spent to fix the levees in New Orleans, and the senators and congressmen in these other 51 states wouldn't push it, because it was not a popular thing to do. 
You are wrong!
Your eyes are mistaking - She never got out of her lawn chair - it is stuck to her butt because she is so darn fat and she can barely run at all, it is more of like a wobble, wobble, wobble!